Compositions and methods for in vivo gene editing

ABSTRACT

Provided herein are methods and compositions for editing a target genome in a cell comprising contacting the cell with (i) a single homology arm construct comprising a replacement sequence and a targeted endonuclease cleavage site; and (ii) a targeted endonuclease, wherein the replacement sequence comprises at least one nucleotide difference compared to the target genome and wherein the target genome comprises a sequence homologous to the targeted endonuclease cleavage site.

CROSS-REFERENCE

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No.62/890,542, filed Aug. 22, 2019, and U.S. Provisional Application No.62/891,210, filed Aug. 23, 2019, each of which application isincorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

BACKGROUND

Direct gene modification in living organisms by in vivo targetedgenome-editing technology is a powerful tool for many fields of lifescience, including animal science and developmental biology.Furthermore, this technology could potentially be used to correctinherited diseases by eliminating disease-causing mutations, offeringthe possibility of a permanent cure.

SUMMARY

In vivo genome editing represents a powerful strategy for understandingbasic biology as well as treating inherited diseases. However, itremains challenging to develop universal and efficient genome-editingtools for in vivo tissues, which consist of diverse cell types in eithera dividing or non-dividing state. Provided herein are versatile in vivogene knock-in methodologies that enable targeting a broad range ofmutations and cell types by inserting a minigene at an intron of thetarget gene locus using an intracellularly linearized single homologyarm donor. As a proof-of-concept of this strategy, presented herein istreatment of a mouse model of premature aging that is caused by adominant point mutation, which is difficult to repair using existing invivo genome-editing tools. Systemic treatment using this methodameliorated aging-associated phenotypes and extended animal lifespan,highlighting the potential of this methodology for a broad range of invivo genome-editing applications.

In one aspect, there are provided methods of editing a target genome ina cell. In some embodiments, methods herein comprise contacting the cellwith (i) a single homology arm construct comprising a replacementsequence and a targeted endonuclease cleavage site; and (ii) a targetedendonuclease, wherein the replacement sequence comprises at least onenucleotide difference compared to the target genome and wherein thetarget genome comprises a sequence homologous to the targetedendonuclease cleavage site. In some embodiments, the single homology armconstruct replaces at least a portion of the target genome. In someembodiments, the targeted endonuclease is selected from a CRISPRnuclease, a TALEN nuclease, a DNA-guided nuclease, a meganuclease, and aZinc Finger Nuclease. In some embodiments, the CRISPR nuclease selectedfrom the group consisting of Cas9, Cas12a (Cpf1), Cas12b (c2c1), Cas12c(c2c3), Cas12g, Cas12i, Cas14, Cas10, Cas3, CasX, CasY, Csf1, Cas13a(c2c2), Cas13b (c2c6), Cas13c (c2c7), c2c4, c2c5, c2c8, c2c9, c2c10,Cas10, CAST and Tn6677. In some embodiments, the method furthercomprises contacting the cell with a guide oligonucleotide. In someembodiments, the guide oligonucleotide is a guide RNA. In someembodiments, the replacement sequence comprises a single nucleotidedifference compared to the target genome. In some embodiments, thesingle base difference is selected from one of a substitution, aninsertion, and a deletion. In some embodiments, the replacement sequencecomprises a substitution, an insertion, an inversion, a translocation, aduplication, or a deletion compared to the target genome. In someembodiments, the replacement sequence comprises at least a portion of anintron and at least a portion of an exon. In some embodiments, thereplacement sequence comprises all introns and exons of a genedownstream of a mutation in the gene of the target genome. In someembodiments, the cell is selected from one or more of a stem cell, aneuron, a skeletal muscle cell, a smooth muscle cell, a cardiomyocyte, apancreas beta cell, a lymphocyte, a monocyte, a neutrophil, a T cell, aB cell, a NK cell, a mast cell, a plasma cell, a eosinophil, a basophil,an endothelial cell, an epithelial cell, a hepatocyte, an osteocyte, aplatelet, an adipocyte, a retinal cell, a barrier cell, ahormone-secreting cell, a glial cell, a liver lipocyte, a secretorycell, a urinary cell, an extracellular matrix cell, a nurse cell, aninterstitial cell, a spermatocyte, and an oocyte. In some embodiments,the single homology arm construct, the guide oligonucleotide, and thetargeted endonuclease are encoded in a construct. In some embodiments,the construct is a viral construct. In some embodiments, the viralconstruct is an adeno-associated virus, an adenovirus, a lentivirus, ora retrovirus. In some embodiments, the construct is a non-viralconstruct. In some embodiments, the non-viral construct is a mini-circleor a plasmid. In some embodiments, the cell is contacted in vivo. Insome embodiments, the cell is contacted in vitro. In some embodiments,the cell is from a subject. In some embodiments, the subject is a human,a non-human primate, a dog, a cat, a horse, a cow, a sheep, a pig, arabbit, a rat, or a mouse. In some embodiments, the subject has amutation in a gene homologous to the replacement sequence.

In another aspect, there are provided methods of treating a geneticdisease in a subject having a mutation in a gene. In some embodiments,the method comprises contacting a cell from the subject with (i) asingle homology arm construct comprising a replacement sequence and atargeted endonuclease cleavage site; and (ii) a targeted endonuclease,wherein the replacement sequence comprises a wildtype sequence of thegene and wherein the gene comprises a sequence homologous to thetargeted endonuclease cleavage site. In some embodiments, the singlehomology arm construct replaces at least a portion of the gene. In someembodiments, the targeted endonuclease is selected from a CRISPRnuclease, a TALEN nuclease, a DNA-guided nuclease, a meganuclease, and aZinc Finger Nuclease. In some embodiments, the CRISPR nuclease selectedfrom the group consisting of Cas9, Cas12a (Cpf1), Cas12b (c2c1), Cas12c(c2c3), Cas12g, Cas12i, Cas14, Cas10, Cas3, CasX, CasY, Csf1, Cas13a(c2c2), Cas13b (c2c6), Cas13c (c2c7), c2c4, c2c5, c2c8, c2c9, c2c10,Cas10, CAST and Tn6677. In some embodiments, the method furthercomprises contacting the cell with a guide oligonucleotide. In someembodiments, the guide oligonucleotide is a guide RNA. In someembodiments, the mutation comprises a single nucleotide differencecompared to the target genome. In some embodiments, the singlenucleotide difference is selected from one of a substitution, aninsertion, and a deletion. In some embodiments, the mutation comprisesan insertion, an inversion, a translocation, a duplication, or adeletion compared to the target genome. In some embodiments, thereplacement sequence comprises at least a portion of an intron and atleast a portion of an exon. In some embodiments, the replacementsequence comprises all introns and exons of a gene downstream of amutation in the gene of the target genome. In some embodiments, the cellis selected from one or more of a stem cell, a neuron, a skeletal musclecell, a smooth muscle cell, a cardiomyocyte, a pancreas beta cell, alymphocyte, a monocyte, a neutrophil, a T cell, a B cell, a NK cell, amast cell, a plasma cell, a eosinophil, a basophil, an endothelial cell,an epithelial cell, a hepatocyte, an osteocyte, a platelet, anadipocyte, a retinal cell, a barrier cell, a hormone-secreting cell, aglial cell, a liver lipocyte, a secretory cell, a urinary cell, anextracellular matrix cell, a nurse cell, an interstitial cell, aspermatocyte, and an oocyte. In some embodiments, the single homologyarm construct, the guide oligonucleotide, and the targeted endonucleaseare encoded in a construct. In some embodiments, the construct is aviral construct. In some embodiments, the viral construct is anadeno-associated virus, an adenovirus, a lentivirus, or a retrovirus. Insome embodiments, the construct is a non-viral construct. In someembodiments, the non-viral construct is a mini-circle or a plasmid. Insome embodiments, the cell is contacted in vivo. In some embodiments,the cell is contacted in vitro. In some embodiments, the cell is anon-dividing cell. In some embodiments, the subject is a human, anon-human primate, a dog, a cat, a horse, a cow, a sheep, a pig, arabbit, a rat, or a mouse. In some embodiments, the genetic disease isselected from Achondroplasia, Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency,Alzheimer's disease, Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Autism, AutosomalDominant Polycystic Kidney Disease, Breast cancer, Cancer,Charcot-Marie-Tooth, Colon cancer, Cri du chat, Crohn's Disease, Cysticfibrosis, Dercum Disease, Down Syndrome, Duane Syndrome, DuchenneMuscular Dystrophy, Factor V Leiden Thrombophilia, FamilialHypercholesterolemia, Familial Mediterranean Fever, Fragile X Syndrome,Gaucher Disease, Hemochromatosis, Hemophilia, Holoprosencephaly,Huntington's disease, Klinefelter syndrome, Leber's congenitalamaurosis, Marfan syndrome, Myotonic Dystrophy, Neurofibromatosis,Noonan Syndrome, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Parkinson's disease,Phenylketonuria, Poland Anomaly, Porphyria, Progeria, Prostate Cancer,Retinitis Pigmentosa, Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID), Sicklecell disease, Skin Cancer, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Stargardt disease,Tay-Sachs, Thalassemia, Trimethylaminuria, Turner Syndrome,Velocardiofacial Syndrome, WAGR Syndrome, and Wilson Disease.

In an additional aspect, there are provided compositions comprising (i)a single homology arm construct comprising a replacement sequence and atargeted endonuclease cleavage site; and (ii) a targeted endonuclease,wherein the replacement sequence comprises at least one nucleotidedifference compared to a target genome and wherein the target genomecomprises a sequence homologous to the targeted endonuclease cleavagesite for use in treating a genetic disease. In some embodiments, thesingle homology arm construct replaces at least a portion of the gene.In some embodiments, the targeted endonuclease is selected from a CRISPRnuclease, a TALEN nuclease, a DNA-guided nuclease, a meganuclease, and aZinc Finger Nuclease. In some embodiments, the CRISPR nuclease selectedfrom the group consisting of Cas9, Cas12a (Cpf1), Cas12b (c2c1), Cas12c(c2c3), Cas12g, Cas12i, Cas14, Cas10, Cas3, CasX, CasY, Csf1, Cas13a(c2c2), Cas13b (c2c6), Cas13c (c2c7), c2c4, c2c5, c2c8, c2c9, c2c10,Cas10, CAST and Tn6677. In some embodiments, the composition furthercomprises a guide oligonucleotide. In some embodiments, the guideoligonucleotide is a guide RNA. In some embodiments, the genetic diseaseis caused by a mutation comprising a single nucleotide differencecompared to the target genome. In some embodiments, the singlenucleotide difference is selected from one of a substitution, aninsertion, and a deletion. In some embodiments, the genetic disease iscaused by a mutation comprising a substitution, an insertion, aninversion, a translocation, a duplication, or a deletion. In someembodiments, the replacement sequence comprises at least a portion of anintron and at least a portion of an exon. In some embodiments, thereplacement sequence comprises all introns and exons of a genedownstream of a mutation in the gene of the target genome. In someembodiments, the composition targets a cell selected from one or more ofa stem cell, a neuron, a skeletal muscle cell, a smooth muscle cell, acardiomyocyte, a pancreas beta cell, a lymphocyte, a monocyte, aneutrophil, a T cell, a B cell, a NK cell, a mast cell, a plasma cell, aeosinophil, a basophil, an endothelial cell, an epithelial cell, ahepatocyte, an osteocyte, a platelet, an adipocyte, a retinal cell, abarrier cell, a hormone-secreting cell, a glial cell, a liver lipocyte,a secretory cell, a urinary cell, an extracellular matrix cell, a nursecell, an interstitial cell, a spermatocyte, and an oocyte. In someembodiments, the single homology arm construct, the guideoligonucleotide, and the targeted endonuclease are encoded in aconstruct. In some embodiments, the construct is a viral construct. Insome embodiments, the viral construct is an adeno-associated virus, anadenovirus, a lentivirus, or a retrovirus. In some embodiments, theconstruct is a non-viral construct. In some embodiments, the non-viralconstruct is a mini-circle or a plasmid. In some embodiments, thegenetic disease is selected from Achondroplasia, Alpha-1 AntitrypsinDeficiency, Alzheimer's disease, Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Autism,Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease, Breast cancer, Cancer,Charcot-Marie-Tooth, Colon cancer, Cri du chat, Crohn's Disease, Cysticfibrosis, Dercum Disease, Down Syndrome, Duane Syndrome, DuchenneMuscular Dystrophy, Factor V Leiden Thrombophilia, FamilialHypercholesterolemia, Familial Mediterranean Fever, Fragile X Syndrome,Gaucher Disease, Hemochromatosis, Hemophilia, Holoprosencephaly,Huntington's disease, Klinefelter syndrome, Leber's congenitalamaurosis, Marfan syndrome, Myotonic Dystrophy, Neurofibromatosis,Noonan Syndrome, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Parkinson's disease,Phenylketonuria, Poland Anomaly, Porphyria, Progeria, Prostate Cancer,Retinitis Pigmentosa, Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID), Sicklecell disease, Skin Cancer, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Stargardt disease,Tay-Sachs, Thalassemia, Trimethylaminuria, Turner Syndrome,Velocardiofacial Syndrome, WAGR Syndrome, and Wilson Disease.

In an additional aspect, there are provided compositions comprising (i)a single homology arm construct comprising a replacement sequence and atargeted endonuclease cleavage site; and (ii) a targeted endonuclease,wherein the replacement sequence comprises at least one nucleotidedifference compared to a target genome and wherein the target genomecomprises a sequence homologous to the targeted endonuclease cleavagesite. In some embodiments, the composition comprises a cell. In someembodiments, the single homology arm construct, the guideoligonucleotide, and the targeted endonuclease are encoded in aconstruct. In some embodiments, the construct is a viral construct. Insome embodiments, the viral construct is an adeno-associated virus, anadenovirus, a lentivirus, or a retrovirus. In some embodiments, theconstruct is a non-viral construct. In some embodiments, the non-viralconstruct is a mini-circle or a plasmid. In some embodiments, thecomposition further comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable buffer orexcipient. In some embodiments, the targeted endonuclease is selectedfrom a CRISPR nuclease, a TALEN nuclease, a DNA-guided nuclease, ameganuclease, and a Zinc Finger Nuclease. In some embodiments, theCRISPR nuclease is selected from the group consisting of Cas9, Cas12a(Cpf1), Cas12b (c2c1), Cas12c (c2c3), Cas12g, Cas12i, Cas14, Cas10,Cas3, CasX, CasY, Csf1, Cas13a (c2c2), Cas13b (c2c6), Cas13c (c2c7),c2c4, c2c5, c2c8, c2c9, c2c10, Cas10, CAST and Tn6677. In someembodiments, the composition further comprises a guide oligonucleotide.

Additionally provided herein, are kits comprising any compositionprovided herein and instructions for use.

In a further aspect, there are provided nucleic acid moleculescomprising a single homology arm construct comprising a replacementsequence and a targeted endonuclease cleavage site, wherein thereplacement sequence comprises at least one nucleotide differencecompared to a target genome. In some embodiments, the nucleic acidmolecule further comprises a sequence encoding a guide oligonucleotide.In some embodiments, the nucleic acid molecule further comprises asequence encoding a targeted endonuclease. In some embodiments, thenucleic acid molecule is a viral construct. In some embodiments, theviral construct is an adeno-associated virus, an adenovirus, alentivirus, or a retrovirus. In some embodiments, the nucleic acidmolecule is a non-viral construct. In some embodiments, the non-viralconstruct is a mini-circle or a plasmid.

Further provided herein are kits comprising any one of the nucleic acidmolecules provided herein and instructions for use.

In another aspect, there are provided methods of homology-directedrepair for editing a target genome in a cell comprising contacting thecell with (i) a single homology arm construct comprising a replacementsequence and a targeted endonuclease cleavage site; and (ii) a targetedendonuclease, wherein the replacement sequence comprises at least onenucleotide difference compared to the target genome and wherein thetarget genome comprises a sequence homologous to the targetedendonuclease cleavage site, wherein the replacement sequence isintegrated into the target genome using a homology-directed repairprotein. In some embodiments, the single homology arm construct replacesat least a portion of the target genome. In some embodiments, thetargeted endonuclease is selected from a CRISPR nuclease, a TALENnuclease, a DNA-guided nuclease, a meganuclease, and a Zinc FingerNuclease. In some embodiments, the CRISPR nuclease selected from thegroup consisting of Cas9, Cas12a (Cpf1), Cas12b (c2c1), Cas12c (c2c3),Cas12g, Cas12i, Cas14, Cas10, Cas3, CasX, CasY, Csf1, Cas13a (c2c2),Cas13b (c2c6), Cas13c (c2c7), c2c4, c2c5, c2c8, c2c9, c2c10, Cas10, CASTand Tn6677. In some embodiments, the method further comprises contactingthe cell with a guide oligonucleotide. In some embodiments, the guideoligonucleotide is a guide RNA. In some embodiments, the replacementsequence comprises a single nucleotide difference compared to the targetgenome. In some embodiments, the single base difference is selected fromone of a substitution, an insertion, and a deletion. In someembodiments, the replacement sequence comprises an insertion, aninversion, a translocation, a duplication, or a deletion compared to thetarget genome. In some embodiments, the replacement sequence comprisesat least a portion of an intron and at least a portion of an exon. Insome embodiments, the replacement sequence comprises all introns andexons of a gene downstream of a mutation in the gene of the targetgenome. In some embodiments, the cell is selected from one or more of astem cell, a neuron, a skeletal muscle cell, a smooth muscle cell, acardiomyocyte, a pancreas beta cell, a lymphocyte, a monocyte, aneutrophil, a T cell, a B cell, a NK cell, a mast cell, a plasma cell, aeosinophil, a basophil, an endothelial cell, an epithelial cell, ahepatocyte, an osteocyte, a platelet, an adipocyte, a retinal cell, abarrier cell, a hormone-secreting cell, a glial cell, a liver lipocyte,a secretory cell, a urinary cell, an extracellular matrix cell, a nursecell, an interstitial cell, a spermatocyte, and an oocyte. In someembodiments, the single homology arm construct, the guideoligonucleotide, and the targeted endonuclease are encoded in aconstruct. In some embodiments, the construct is a viral construct. Insome embodiments, the viral construct is an adeno-associated virus, anadenovirus, a lentivirus, or a retrovirus. In some embodiments, theconstruct is a non-viral construct. In some embodiments, the non-viralconstruct is a mini-circle or a plasmid. In some embodiments, the cellis contacted in vivo. In some embodiments, the cell is contacted invitro. In some embodiments, the cell is from a subject. In someembodiments, the subject is a human, a dog, a cat, a horse, a cow, asheep, a pig, a rabbit, a rat, or a mouse. In some embodiments, thesubject has a mutation in a gene homologous to the replacement sequence.

In a further aspect, there are provided compositions comprising (i) asingle homology arm construct configured for homology-directed repaircomprising a replacement sequence and a targeted endonuclease cleavagesite; and (ii) a targeted endonuclease, wherein the replacement sequencecomprises at least one nucleotide difference compared to a target genomeand wherein the target genome comprises a sequence homologous to thetargeted endonuclease cleavage site for use in treating a geneticdisease. In some embodiments, the single homology arm construct useshomology-directed repair to replace at least a portion of the gene. Insome embodiments, the targeted endonuclease is selected from a CRISPRnuclease, a TALEN nuclease, a DNA-guided nuclease, a meganuclease, and aZinc Finger Nuclease. In some embodiments, the CRISPR nuclease selectedfrom the group consisting of Cas9, Cas12a (Cpf1), Cas12b (c2c1), Cas12c(c2c3), Cas12g, Cas12i, Cas14, Cas10, Cas3, CasX, CasY, Csf1, Cas13a(c2c2), Cas13b (c2c6), Cas13c (c2c7), c2c4, c2c5, c2c8, c2c9, c2c10,Cas10, CAST and Tn6677. In some embodiments, the composition furtherconfigured for contacting the cell with a guide oligonucleotide. In someembodiments, the guide oligonucleotide is a guide RNA. In someembodiments, the genetic disease is caused by a mutation comprising asingle nucleotide difference compared to the target genome. In someembodiments, the single nucleotide difference is selected from one of asubstitution, an insertion, and a deletion. In some embodiments, thegenetic disease is caused by a mutation comprising an insertion, aninversion, a translocation, a duplication, or a deletion. In someembodiments, the replacement sequence comprises at least a portion of anintron and at least a portion of an exon. In some embodiments, thereplacement sequence comprises all introns and exons of a genedownstream of a mutation in the gene of the target genome. In someembodiments, the composition targets a cell selected from one or more ofa stem cell, a neuron, a skeletal muscle cell, a smooth muscle cell, acardiomyocyte, a pancreas beta cell, a lymphocyte, a monocyte, aneutrophil, a T cell, a B cell, a NK cell, a mast cell, a plasma cell, aeosinophil, a basophil, an endothelial cell, an epithelial cell, ahepatocyte, an osteocyte, a platelet, an adipocyte, a retinal cell, abarrier cell, a hormone-secreting cell, a glial cell, a liver lipocyte,a secretory cell, a urinary cell, an extracellular matrix cell, a nursecell, an interstitial cell, a spermatocyte, and an oocyte. In someembodiments, the single homology arm construct, the guideoligonucleotide, and the targeted endonuclease are encoded in aconstruct. In some embodiments, the construct is a viral construct. Insome embodiments, the viral construct is an adeno-associated virus, anadenovirus, a lentivirus, or a retrovirus. In some embodiments, theconstruct is a non-viral construct. In some embodiments, the non-viralconstruct is a mini-circle or a plasmid. In some embodiments, thegenetic disease is selected from Achondroplasia, Alpha-1 AntitrypsinDeficiency, Alzheimer's disease, Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Autism,Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease, Breast cancer, Cancer,Charcot-Marie-Tooth, Colon cancer, Cri du chat, Crohn's Disease, Cysticfibrosis, Dercum Disease, Down Syndrome, Duane Syndrome, DuchenneMuscular Dystrophy, Factor V Leiden Thrombophilia, FamilialHypercholesterolemia, Familial Mediterranean Fever, Fragile X Syndrome,Gaucher Disease, Hemochromatosis, Hemophilia, Holoprosencephaly,Huntington's disease, Klinefelter syndrome, Leber's congenitalamaurosis, Marfan syndrome, Myotonic Dystrophy, Neurofibromatosis,Noonan Syndrome, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Parkinson's disease,Phenylketonuria, Poland Anomaly, Porphyria, Progeria, Prostate Cancer,Retinitis Pigmentosa, Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID), Sicklecell disease, Skin Cancer, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Stargardt disease,Tay-Sachs, Thalassemia, Trimethylaminuria, Turner Syndrome,Velocardiofacial Syndrome, WAGR Syndrome, and Wilson Disease.

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FIG. 1A shows a schematic representation of targeted GFP knock-in atTubb3 locus by a SATI (intercellular linearized Single homology Armdonor mediated intron-Targeting Integration) donor harboring a singlehomology arm for targeting in intron 3.

FIG. 1B shows a schematic representation of targeted GFP knock-in atTubb3 locus by no homology HITI donor targeting in exon 4.

FIG. 1C shows a schematic representation of targeted GFP knock-in atTubb3 locus by a conventional HDR donor harboring two homology armstargeting in exon 4.

FIG. 1D shows a schematic representation of targeted GFP knock-in atTubb3 locus by an HMEJ donor harboring two homology arms targeting inintron 3.

FIG. 1E shows an experimental scheme for GFP knock-in in culturedprimary neurons.

FIG. 1F shows representative immunofluorescence images of neuronstransfected with Cas9, one-armed SATI donor and int3gRNA-mCherry.

FIG. 1G shows the percentage of knock-in cells (GFP+) per transfectedcells (mCherry+) with different combinations of gRNAs and donors.

FIG. 1H shows the ratio of HITI- and oaHDR-mediated GFP knock-in aftertransfected with one-armed SATI donor into primary neurons.

FIG. 2A shows a schematic representation of the Lmna^(G609G) (c.1827C>T)gene correction with SATI-mediated gene-correction donor.

FIG. 2B shows the ratio of HITI, oaHDR and undetermined (due to largedeletion) in targeted sequence after SATI mediated gene correction.

FIG. 2C shows the ratio of HITI, oaHDR and undetermined (due to largedeletion) with or without indel at targeting site after gene correction.

FIG. 2D shows an experimental scheme for in vivo gene correction byAAV-Progeria-SATI via intravenous (IV) AAV injections toLmna^(G609G/G609G) progeria mouse model.

FIG. 2E shows gene correction efficiency at Lmna c.1827C>T dominantpoint mutation site from the indicated tissues in SATI-treated(Pro+SATI) or only donor-treated without Cas9 (Pro+donor) progeria miceat day 100.

FIG. 2F shows indel percentages at Lmna intron 10 gRNA target site fromthe indicated tissues in SATI-treated (Pro+SATI) or only donor-treatedwithout Cas9 (Pro+donor) progeria mice at day 100.

FIG. 2G shows the ratio of HITI, oaHDR and undetermined (due to largedeletion) with or without indel at targeting site after gene correctionby systemic AAV-Progeria-SATI injection for progeria mice.

FIG. 3A shows survival plots of Lmna^(+/+) (WT), SATI treated Lmna^(+/+)(WT+SATI), Lmna^(G609G/G609G) (Pro), SATI treated Lmna^(G609G/G609G)(Pro+SATI), Lmna^(+/G609G) heterozygous (Het), SATI treated Lmnaheterozygous (Het+SATI) mice.

FIG. 3B shows RT-qPCR analysis for the expression ratio of Lamin A toLamin C (left) and Progerin to Lamin A (right) from represented tissues(n=3).

FIG. 3C shows representative photographs of WT, Progeria (Pro), andProgeria+SATI (Pro+SATI) mice at 17-weeks-old.

FIG. 3D shows a histological analysis of the skin at 17-weeks-old.

FIG. 3E shows a histological analysis of the spleen at 17-weeks-old.

FIG. 3F shows a histological analysis of the kidney at 17-weeks-old.

FIG. 3G shows a histological analysis of the aorta at 17-weeks-old.

FIG. 3H shows an electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis in WT, Pro, andPro+SATI mice between day 92 and day 110. Heart rate represented asbeats per minute (bpm), n=7. P values are indicated in each graph,one-way ANOVA with Tukey's multiple comparisons test.

FIG. 4A shows an experimental scheme for in vivo gene repair byAAV-Progeria-SATI via Intramuscular (IM) AAV injections into thetibialis anterior (TA) muscles of adult Lmna^(G609G/G609G) progeria.

FIG. 4B shows representative pictures of H&E staining of TA muscle at13-weeks-old.

FIG. 4C Muscle fiber cross-sectional area distribution of TA muscles inprogeria mice at 13-weeks-old.

FIG. 5A shows a schematic representation of the HDR-mediatedgene-knock-in method.

FIG. 5B shows a schematic representation of the HITI-mediated geneknock-in method.

FIG. 5C shows the unidirectional gene knock-in by HITI.

FIG. 6A shows a schematic representation of the HMEJ-mediated intronicgene-knock-in method.

FIG. 6B shows a schematic representation of the new intronicgene-knock-in method, SATI.

FIG. 6C shows a summary of the difference of applicability betweengene-editing methods used in this study.

FIG. 7A shows a scheme showing inserted DNA sequences withexon-targeting HITI donors via a conventional HITI system.

FIG. 7B shows a number of the design capacity of gRNA in this study.

FIG. 7C shows a schematic representation of gene targeting by HITI withIRESmCherry-MC donor and different Cas9s in the GFP-correction HEK293line.

FIG. 7D shows mCherry knock-in HITI efficiency (%) with Normal SpCas9(wtCas9) and NG PAM Cas9 (Cas9-NG and xCas9) in HEK293.

FIG. 8A shows representative pictures of non-transfected and transfectedneuronal cultures with the different donors and gRNAs for recognizingthe cutting patterns induced by one arm homology and HITI donors.

FIG. 8B shows absolute and relative knock-in efficiency indicated by thepercentage of GFP+ cells among total cells (DAPI+) or transfected cells(mCherry+) in EdU+ or EdU− neurons.

FIG. 8C shows an example of an actual sequence after GFP knock-in at the3′ end of the Tubb3 coding region via one homology arm donor(MC-Tubb3int3-SATI).

FIG. 8D shows the effect on the efficiency of GFP knock-in in neurons bycomparison of wild-type Cas9 (Cas9) and Cas9 nickase (Cas9D10A,introducing a single-strand break) in SATI donors (MC-Tubb3int3-SATI,MC-Tubb3int3-scramble), HITI donor (Tubb3ex4-HITI) and HDR donor(Tubb3ex4-HDR).

FIG. 9A shows a schematic representation of gene targeting by HDR andoaHDR in the GFPcorrection HEK293 and hESC lines.

FIG. 9B shows surveyor nuclease assay performed transfected with Cas9,gRNA and tGFP donor DNA.

FIG. 9C shows GFP knock-in efficiency in HEK293 cells.

FIG. 9D shows GFP knock-in efficiency in hES cells.

FIG. 10A shows cell cycle analysis by propidium iodide (PI) stainingafter treatment with/without 20 μM Lovastatin, cell cycle inhibitor atG1 phase, for 2 days in GFP correction HeLa line. The efficiency of eachcell cycle phase is indicated in the graph (%).

FIG. 10B shows oaHDR- and HDR-mediated gene knock-in percentages in GFPcorrection HeLa line with Lovastatin treatment.

FIG. 10C shows the structure of wild type Cas9 (Cas9), G1-phase-specificCas9 (Cas9-Cdt1) and S-M phase-specific Cas9 (Cas9-Geminin).

FIG. 10D shows oaHDR- and HDR-mediated gene knock-in % in GFP correctionHEK293 line with different Cas9 treatment.

FIG. 10E shows oaHDR- and HDR-mediated gene knock-in % in GFP correctionHeLa line with different Cas9 treatment.

FIG. 11A shows a schematic representation of gene targeting by HDR andHITI with mCherry reporter donor in the GFP-correction HEK293 and hESCline. HDR donor (IRESmCherry-HDR-0c) is inserted by HDR (top). HITIdonor (IRESmCherry-MC) is inserted by HITI (bottom).

FIG. 11B shows mCherry knock-in efficiency in HEK293 cells.

FIG. 11C shows mCherry knock-in efficiency in hES cells.

FIG. 11D shows a schematic model of SATI conceptually from ourobservations in different cell types.

FIG. 12A shows a schematic representation of the LmnaG609G (c.1827C>T)gene correction with the plasmid (MC-Progeria-SATI) or AAV(AAV-Progeria-SATI) carrying SATI-mediated gene-correction donor.

FIG. 12B shows an experimental scheme for the evaluation of thecorrected gene sequence.

FIG. 13A shows a gene list of DNA repair-related shRNA used in thisstudy.

FIG. 13B shows the effect of SATI knock-in efficiency in the presence ofindicated shRNAs.

FIG. 13C shows a model of SATI donor mediated gene knock-in in the oaHDRand NHEJ pathways.

FIG. 14A shows validation of HITI-mediated gene knock-in by PCR usingthe genomic template from various tissues of the AAV-Progeria-SATItreated mouse at day 100.

FIG. 14B shows sequencing analyses of 3′ junction site of the liver(left) and heart (right) cells at day 100 via IV AAV-Progeria-SATIinjections.

FIG. 15A shows read count (Read) and genome editing (indels, HITI, andcorrection) efficiency (%) by deep sequencing from the indicated organs.

FIG. 15B shows the distribution of indel size in liver.

FIG. 15C shows the distribution of indel size in heart.

FIG. 15D shows the distribution of indel size in muscle.

FIG. 15E shows a list of the on-target site (On, Lmna intron 10) andoff-target sites (OTS) that were used to determine the indel frequencyof SATI mediated genome editing.

FIG. 16A shows the intronic SATI-mediated gene-targeting strategyknock-ins a “half-gene of Lmna” which including splicing acceptor.

FIG. 16B shows the list of the captured exons in the liver and heartfrom SATI-treated mice at day 100. The data was obtained from two mice(#1 and #2).

FIG. 16C shows chromatin (H3K27Ac and DNaseI HS) and expression (RNAseq)status of the major off-target gene, Alb, in the liver of 8-week-oldmice.

FIG. 16D shows chromatin (H3K27Ac and DNaseI HS) and expression (RNAseq)status of the major off-target gene, Myh6, in the heart of 8-week-oldmice.

FIG. 16E shows RT-qPCR analysis for the expression ratio of Albmin toGapdh (left) and Lamin A to Gapdh (right) in the liver from SATI treatedmouse at day 100.

FIG. 17A shows a cumulative plot of body weight of progeria (n=5) andSATI treated progeria (Progeria+SATI) mice.

FIG. 17B shows a representative photograph of WT, Progeria, andProgeria+SATI treated spleens at 17 weeks old.

FIG. 17C shows validation of HITI-mediated gene knock-in by PCR usingthe genomic template from tail tip fibroblasts (TTFs) isolated fromwild-type (WT), Progeria (NT), and SATI-treated progeria (T).

FIG. 17D shows the protein level of Lamin A (top band), Progerin (middleband), and Lamin C (bottom band) are detected from cultured TTFs ofwild-type (WT), Progeria (NT), and SATI-treated progeria (T).

FIG. 17E shows the phenotypic rescue of nuclear morphologicalabnormality in fibroblasts isolated from SATI-treated progeria mice.

FIG. 17F shows the phenotypic rescue of nuclear morphologicalabnormality in fibroblasts isolated from SATI-treated progeria mice.

FIG. 17G shows a hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining of the liver at 17weeks old mouse.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Direct gene modification could potentially be used to correct inheriteddiseases by eliminating disease-causing mutations, offering thepossibility of a permanent cure for the disease. In particular, in thepresence of an ectopic donor that possesses two stretches of homologoussequences to the target genome, homology-directed repair (HDR) canreplace endogenous genomic sequences with the exogenously supplied donorsequences, allowing for the site-specific integration of a transgene, orthe correction of a disease-causing mutation (both recessive anddominant). However, these conventional HDR-based targeted gene knock-instrategies have practical limitations, as HDR is mainly active individing cells. Thus, adult tissues comprised of non-dividing cells areinaccessible. In vivo tissues consist of many kinds of cell types whosestatus is either dividing or non-dividing and changes during developmentand regeneration. HDR-mediated gene correction strategies have shownpromise in curing inherited diseases in mice, but the targets arecurrently limited to tissues with dividing capacity in vivo (FIG. 5A).

To overcome limitations of HDR-mediated genome editing, aCRISPR/Cas9-based homology-independent targeted integration (HITI) wasdeveloped, which allows for efficiently targeted knock-in in bothdividing and non-dividing cells in vitro and in vivo (see, WO2018/013932, hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety). Ratherthan utilizing HDR, HITI instead relies on the other major DNAdouble-strand break (DSB) repair pathway, the non-homologous end joining(NHEJ) pathway. In the case of HITI, donor DNA lacks a homology arm andis designed to include a Cas9 cleavage site that flanks the donorsequence (FIG. 5B). Cas9-mediated DSBs are created simultaneously inboth genomic target sequences and the exogenously provided donor DNA,generating blunt ends. The linearized donor DNA can be used for repairby the NHEJ pathway, allowing for its integration into the genomic DSBsite. Once incorporated into the genome, donor DNA inserted in thedesired orientation disrupts the Cas9 target sequence and preventsfurther Cas9 cutting. If the donor DNA is inserted in the undesiredorientation, the Cas9 target sequence will remain intact and the secondround of Cas9 cutting will remove the integrated donor DNA. Therefore,HITI inserts the donor DNA to the targeted chromosome in a predetermineddirection (FIG. 5C).

Since NHEJ is active throughout the cell cycle in a variety of adultcell types (including proliferating and post-mitotic cells) and itsactivity far exceeds HDR, the HITI strategy has enabled the targetedintegration of transgene cassettes in many organs, includingnon-dividing tissues, such as the brain. Notably, HITI was used torestore visual function in a rat model of retinitis pigmentosa bytargeted insertion of a functional copy of exon 2 of the Mertk gene tocorrect the gene's loss-of-function due to a 1.9 kb deletion, whileconventional HDR was not able to restore it. These results suggest thatHITI-based treatments could be used to ameliorate a variety of geneticdiseases and target tissues. However, HITI has some limitations, forexample, although HITI can insert DNA at a precise location within thegenome, it cannot repair genetic point and frameshift mutations due tothe fact that HITI cannot remove pre-existing mutations. Thus,HITI-mediated gene-correction strategies are effective for targetingloss-of-function mutations caused by large deletions, but not allmutations, like gain-of-function dominant mutations (FIG. 5B). Thisseverely limits the types of diseases that can be treated. Therefore,improved technologies for the in vivo manipulation of the genome arestill needed.

Recent studies have suggested that elements of DNA-repair complexes aremore promiscuous than previously thought, and are not restricted to NHEJor HDR pathways, even in post-mitotic cells. This grants cellsflexibility for overcoming DNA damage and provides new opportunities forcorrecting the genome. Previously, it was attempted to combineNHEJ-mediated HITI and canonical HDR by constructing a HITI donor withtwo homology arms for conventional HDR. This donor structure is similarto the homology-mediated end joining (HMEJ) strategy was previouslyreported (FIG. 6A) (Yao, X. et al. Cell Res. 27, 801-814 (2017)).However, the targeted integration efficiency of the HMEJ-like HITI-HDRcombined donor was lower than the HITI donor in HEK293 cells, suggestingthat the addition of the traditional two-homology arms does not increasetargeted gene knock-in efficiency in dividing cells (Suzuki, K. et al.Nature 540, 144-149 (2016)).

Described herein is a unique NHEJ and HDR mediated targeted geneknock-in method that requires a DSB induction site within a singlestretch of homologous sequence on the donor (FIG. 6B). This design istermed “intercellular linearized Single homology Arm donor mediatedintron-Targeting Integration (SATI)”. SATI allows DNA knock-in viasingle homology arm mediated HDR or homology independent NHEJ-basedHITI, enabling targeting a broad range of mutations and cell types. Theutility of this system is illustrated herein as a potential therapy byin vivo correction of a dominant point mutation that causes prematureaging in mice. The data provided in the examples herein indicates thatSATI, due to its target flexibility and versatility, is a powerfulgenetic tool for in vivo genome editing.

SATI is a unique strategy combining intron-targeting gene knock-in witha specific donor vector possessing a single homology arm and cleavagesite by Cas9. The unique vector structure for SATI has a bipotentialcapacity to achieve efficient gene knock-in by choosing the predominantDSB repair machinery (i.e. non-canonical HDR mediated by single homologyarm or NHEJ) in the target cell. SATI is different from HMEJ because theHMEJ donor contains two homology arms as well as cutting sites andallows the exogenous cassette to be integrated at the target sitethrough either the canonical HDR or NHEJ pathway. It had previously beenattempted to make the same donor structure by constructing a HITI donorwith two homology arms for conventional HDR. However, the targetedintegration efficiency of this combined HMEJ-like donor was lower thanthe HITI donor, suggesting that the addition of the traditionaltwo-homology arms does not increase targeted gene knock-in efficiency individing cells and that the canonical HDR and NHEJ pathways arecompeting with each other as previously described. In addition, in vivoHDR applications are limited to the tissues that possess dividingcapacity. In this study, HMEJ is equally effective with HITI and SATI inprimary neuron cultures. This result suggests that canonical HDR andNHEJ do not compete in this cell type because canonical HDR is notactive in neurons. Thus, the efficiency of HMEJ might be affected bycanonical HDR activity in the target cell types. Since in vivo tissuesconsist of a mixture of cell types whose status is either dividing ornon-dividing, it is still unclear whether HMEJ can target a wide rangeof in vivo cell types. By contrast, SATI-mediated knock-in has beenachieved in both dividing and non-dividing cells, the same as HITI. Toclarify details of the difference between HMEJ and SATI, furtherside-by-side comparison is needed in many different cell types.Regarding applicability, SATI is a versatile in vivo genome-editingmethod that can target a broad range of mutations and cell types (FIG.6C). In addition, the design of the HMEJ donor is less flexible thanSATI because of the need to include two homology arms without thepossibility of including the splicing acceptor on the left homology arm,in order to avoid undesired splicing. Furthermore, two homology armsreduce the size of the inserted cassette that can be packaged in AAV,thus limiting its in vivo application.

The proof of concept of SATI enabling targeted transgene knock-in inneurons in vitro and in vivo will help to advance both basic andtranslational neuroscience research. For example, this system could beused to insert optogenetic activators downstream of a relevant geneticlocus to gain precise cell type-specific control of neuronal activity.SATI-mediated genome editing in the adult mouse brain and muscle in vivobrings about the possibility to generate knock-in reporters to tracecell lineages in non-dividing tissues other species. This would beparticularly useful in animal models where transgenic tools are limited(e.g., non-human primates). Current viral vector-mediatedtransgene-complementation approaches can be used to effectively treatdiseases caused by recessive mutations, specifically those for which themutant allele produces no (or very little) functional protein. Forinherited disorders such as these, gene therapy has provided remarkabletherapeutic benefits in clinical trials. However, thisgene-complementation strategy cannot be used to treat gain-of-functiongenetic mutations that produce proteins with an increased or aberrantfunction such as achondroplasia, Huntington's disease, and progeriasyndrome. The SATI system allowed targeted gene knock-in in multipletissues, thus providing a first in vivo proof-of-concept for in vivogene correction.

Although the SATI-mediated in vivo gene correction efficiency achievedin a premature aging mouse model caused by a dominant point mutation inthis study is mild (2% in liver), diminished aging phenotypes in severaltissues, as well as an extension of lifespan, were observed.Additionally, diminished aging phenotypes were observed in the skin andspleen as well as in tail-tip fibroblasts, although SATI-mediated geneknock-in could not be detected by PCR and NGS at later stages (aroundpostnatal day 90) in these tissues. The development of efficientgene-delivery tools as well as the elucidation of the detailedmechanisms of oaHDR, are needed to increase SATI efficiency and toclarify the extent of the phenotypic improvement as well as therelationship between corrected cells and non-cell-autonomous effects.

Taken together, our results indicate that SATI could potentially be usedto generate knock-in animals and correct dominant mutations in vivo,even in adult tissues, by targeting multiple tissues via systemicdelivery. Importantly, it should be noted that over 90% of human RefSeqgenes have open reading frames that are less than 4 kb, which is withinthe capacity of current AAV-based delivery methods. This advancedgene-repair approach, in some embodiments, is used in developingeffective strategies for in vivo target-gene replacement of a broadrange of mutation types, including dominant mutations, as well asdevastating genetic multi-organ and systemic pathologies.

Methods of Genome Editing

In one aspect, there are provided herein methods of editing a targetgenome in a cell. Some such methods, in some embodiments, comprisecontacting the cell with (i) a single homology arm construct comprisinga replacement sequence and a targeted endonuclease cleavage site; and(ii) a targeted endonuclease, wherein the replacement sequence comprisesat least one nucleotide difference compared to the target genome andwherein the target genome comprises a sequence homologous to thetargeted endonuclease cleavage site. In some embodiments, the singlehomology arm construct replaces at least a portion of the target genome.

Methods of genome editing herein, in some embodiments, use a singlehomology arm construct comprising a replacement sequence and a targetedendonuclease cleavage site. In some embodiments, the single homology armconstruct has a nucleic acid sequence at least 90% homologous to anucleic acid sequence in Table 2.

Methods of genome editing herein, in some embodiments, use a targetedendonuclease. In some embodiments, the targeted endonuclease is selectedfrom a CRISPR nuclease, a TALEN nuclease, a DNA-guided nuclease, ameganuclease, and a Zinc Finger Nuclease. In some embodiments, thetargeted endonuclease is a CRISPR nuclease selected from the groupconsisting of Cas9, Cas12a (Cpf1), Cas12b (c2c1), Cas12c (c2c3), Cas12g,Cas12i, Cas14, Cas10, Cas3, CasX, CasY, Csf1, Cas13a (c2c2), Cas13b(c2c6), Cas13c (c2c7), c2c4, c2c5, c2c8, c2c9, c2c10, Cas10, CAST andTn6677.

Methods of genome editing herein, in some embodiments, further comprisecontacting the cell with a guide oligonucleotide. In some embodiments,the guide oligonucleotide is a guide RNA. In some embodiments, the guideoligonucleotide or guide RNA has a sequence at least 90% identical to anucleic acid sequence in Table 3.

Methods of genome editing herein, in some embodiments, use a replacementsequence that contains the sequence that is to replace the genomicsequence. In some embodiments, the replacement sequence comprises asingle nucleotide difference compared to the target genome. In someembodiments, the single base difference is selected from one of asubstitution, an insertion, and a deletion. In some embodiments, thereplacement sequence comprises a substitution, an insertion, aninversion, a translocation, a duplication, or a deletion compared to thetarget genome. In some embodiments, the replacement sequence comprisesat least a portion of an intron and at least a portion of an exon. Insome embodiments, the replacement sequence comprises all introns andexons of a gene downstream of a mutation in the gene of the targetgenome.

Methods of genome editing herein, in some embodiments, edit the genomeof a cell. Any cell is contemplated for use in methods herein, includingbut not limited to a cell selected from one or more of a stem cell, aneuron, a skeletal muscle cell, a smooth muscle cell, a cardiomyocyte, apancreas beta cell, a lymphocyte, a monocyte, a neutrophil, a T cell, aB cell, a NK cell, a mast cell, a plasma cell, a eosinophil, a basophil,an endothelial cell, an epithelial cell, a hepatocyte, an osteocyte, aplatelet, an adipocyte, a retinal cell, a barrier cell, ahormone-secreting cell, a glial cell, a liver lipocyte, a secretorycell, a urinary cell, an extracellular matrix cell, a nurse cell, aninterstitial cell, a spermatocyte, and an oocyte.

Methods of genome editing herein use a construct, for example, a DNAconstruct, that comprises the necessary components for genome editing.For example, the construct, in some embodiments, comprise the singlehomology arm construct, the guide oligonucleotide, and the targetedendonuclease are encoded in a construct. In some embodiments, theconstruct is a viral construct, including but not limited to, anadeno-associated virus, an adenovirus, a lentivirus, or a retrovirus. Insome embodiments, the construct is a non-viral construct, including butnot limited to a mini-circle or a plasmid.

Methods of genome editing herein, in some embodiments, be conducted bycontacting a cell. In some embodiments, the cell is contacted in vivo.In some embodiments, the cell is contacted in vitro. In someembodiments, the cell is from a subject. In some embodiments, thesubject is a human, a non-human primate, a dog, a cat, a horse, a cow, asheep, a pig, a rabbit, a rat, or a mouse. In some embodiments, thesubject has a mutation in a gene homologous to the replacement sequence.

Methods of Treatment

In another aspect, there are provided, methods of treating a geneticdisease in a subject having a mutation in a gene. Some such methods, insome embodiments, comprise contacting a cell from the subject with (i) asingle homology arm construct comprising a replacement sequence and atargeted endonuclease cleavage site; and (ii) a targeted endonuclease,wherein the replacement sequence comprises a wildtype sequence of thegene and wherein the gene comprises a sequence homologous to thetargeted endonuclease cleavage site. In some embodiments, the singlehomology arm construct replaces at least a portion of the gene.

Methods of genome editing herein, in some embodiments, use a singlehomology arm construct comprising a replacement sequence and a targetedendonuclease cleavage site. In some embodiments, the single homology armconstruct has a nucleic acid sequence at least 90% homologous to anucleic acid sequence in Table 2.

Methods of treating a genetic disease herein, in some embodiments, use atargeted endonuclease. In some embodiments, the targeted endonuclease isselected from a CRISPR nuclease, a TALEN nuclease, a DNA-guidednuclease, a meganuclease, and a Zinc Finger Nuclease. In someembodiments, the targeted endonuclease is a CRISPR nuclease selectedfrom the group consisting of Cas9, Cas12a (Cpf1), Cas12b (c2c1), Cas12c(c2c3), Cas12g, Cas12i, Cas14, Cas10, Cas3, CasX, CasY, Csf1, Cas13a(c2c2), Cas13b (c2c6), Cas13c (c2c7), c2c4, c2c5, c2c8, c2c9, c2c10,Cas10, CAST and Tn6677.

Methods of treating a genetic disease herein, in some embodiments,further comprise contacting the cell with a guide oligonucleotide. Insome embodiments, the guide oligonucleotide is a guide RNA. In someembodiments, the guide oligonucleotide or guide RNA has a sequence atleast 90% identical to a nucleic acid sequence in Table 3.

Methods of treating a genetic disease herein, in some embodiments, use areplacement sequence that contains the sequence that is to replace thegenomic sequence. In some embodiments, the replacement sequencecomprises a single nucleotide difference compared to the target genome.In some embodiments, the single base difference is selected from one ofa substitution, an insertion, and a deletion. In some embodiments, thereplacement sequence comprises a substitution, an insertion, aninversion, a translocation, a duplication, or a deletion compared to thetarget genome. In some embodiments, the replacement sequence comprisesat least a portion of an intron and at least a portion of an exon. Insome embodiments, the replacement sequence comprises all introns andexons of a gene downstream of a mutation in the gene of the targetgenome.

Methods of treating a genetic disease herein, in some embodiments, editthe genome of a cell. Any cell is contemplated for use in methodsherein, including but not limited to a cell selected from one or more ofa stem cell, a neuron, a skeletal muscle cell, a smooth muscle cell, acardiomyocyte, a pancreas beta cell, a lymphocyte, a monocyte, aneutrophil, a T cell, a B cell, a NK cell, a mast cell, a plasma cell, aeosinophil, a basophil, an endothelial cell, an epithelial cell, ahepatocyte, an osteocyte, a platelet, an adipocyte, a retinal cell, abarrier cell, a hormone-secreting cell, a glial cell, a liver lipocyte,a secretory cell, a urinary cell, an extracellular matrix cell, a nursecell, an interstitial cell, a spermatocyte, and an oocyte.

Methods of treating a genetic disease herein use a construct, forexample, a DNA construct, that comprises the necessary components forgenome editing. For example, the construct, in some embodiments,comprise the single homology arm construct, the guide oligonucleotide,and the targeted endonuclease are encoded in a construct. In someembodiments, the construct is a viral construct, including but notlimited to, an adeno-associated virus, an adenovirus, a lentivirus, or aretrovirus. In some embodiments, the construct is a non-viral construct,including but not limited to a mini-circle or a plasmid.

Methods of treating a genetic disease herein, in some embodiments, beconducted by contacting a cell. In some embodiments, the cell iscontacted in vivo. In some embodiments, the cell is contacted in vitro.In some embodiments, the cell is from a subject. In some embodiments,the subject is a human, a non-human primate, a dog, a cat, a horse, acow, a sheep, a pig, a rabbit, a rat, or a mouse. In some embodiments,the subject has a mutation in a gene homologous to the replacementsequence.

Methods of treating a genetic disease include but are not limited totreating genetic diseases wherein the genetic disease is selected fromAchondroplasia, Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, Alzheimer's disease,Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Autism, Autosomal Dominant Polycystic KidneyDisease, Breast cancer, Cancer, Charcot-Marie-Tooth, Colon cancer, Cridu chat, Crohn's Disease, Cystic fibrosis, Dercum Disease, DownSyndrome, Duane Syndrome, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Factor V LeidenThrombophilia, Familial Hypercholesterolemia, Familial MediterraneanFever, Fragile X Syndrome, Gaucher Disease, Hemochromatosis, Hemophilia,Holoprosencephaly, Huntington's disease, Klinefelter syndrome, Leber'scongenital amaurosis, Marfan syndrome, Myotonic Dystrophy,Neurofibromatosis, Noonan Syndrome, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Parkinson'sdisease, Phenylketonuria, Poland Anomaly, Porphyria, Progeria, ProstateCancer, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID),Sickle cell disease, Skin Cancer, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Stargardtdisease, Tay-Sachs, Thalassemia, Trimethylaminuria, Turner Syndrome,Velocardiofacial Syndrome, WAGR Syndrome, and Wilson Disease. In someembodiments, the genetic disease comprises Progeria.

In an additional aspect, there are provided compositions for use intreating a genetic disease. Some such methods, in some embodiments,comprise (i) a single homology arm construct comprising a replacementsequence and a targeted endonuclease cleavage site; and (ii) a targetedendonuclease, wherein the replacement sequence comprises at least onenucleotide difference compared to a target genome and wherein the targetgenome comprises a sequence homologous to the targeted endonucleasecleavage site for use in treating a genetic disease. In someembodiments, the single homology arm construct replaces at least aportion of the gene.

Compositions for use in treating a genetic disease herein, in someembodiments, use a single homology arm construct comprising areplacement sequence and a targeted endonuclease cleavage site. In someembodiments, the single homology arm construct has a nucleic acidsequence at least 90% homologous to a nucleic acid sequence in Table 2.

Compositions for use in treating a genetic disease herein, in someembodiments, use a targeted endonuclease. In some embodiments, thetargeted endonuclease is selected from a CRISPR nuclease, a TALENnuclease, a DNA-guided nuclease, a meganuclease, and a Zinc FingerNuclease. In some embodiments, the targeted endonuclease is a CRISPRnuclease selected from the group consisting of Cas9, Cas12a (Cpf1),Cas12b (c2c1), Cas12c (c2c3), Cas12g, Cas12i, Cas14, Cas10, Cas3, CasX,CasY, Csf1, Cas13a (c2c2), Cas13b (c2c6), Cas13c (c2c7), c2c4, c2c5,c2c8, c2c9, c2c10, Cas10, CAST and Tn6677.

Compositions for use in treating a genetic disease herein, in someembodiments, further comprise contacting the cell with a guideoligonucleotide. In some embodiments, the guide oligonucleotide is aguide RNA. In some embodiments, the guide oligonucleotide or guide RNAhas a sequence at least 90% identical to a nucleic acid sequence inTable 3.

Compositions for use in treating a genetic disease herein, in someembodiments, use a replacement sequence that contains the sequence thatis to replace the genomic sequence. In some embodiments, the replacementsequence comprises a single nucleotide difference compared to the targetgenome. In some embodiments, the single base difference is selected fromone of a substitution, an insertion, and a deletion. In someembodiments, the replacement sequence comprises a substitution, aninsertion, an inversion, a translocation, a duplication, or a deletioncompared to the target genome. In some embodiments, the replacementsequence comprises at least a portion of an intron and at least aportion of an exon. In some embodiments, the replacement sequencecomprises all introns and exons of a gene downstream of a mutation inthe gene of the target genome.

Compositions for use in treating a genetic disease herein, in someembodiments, edit the genome of a cell. Any cell is contemplated for usein methods herein, including but not limited to a cell selected from oneor more of a stem cell, a neuron, a skeletal muscle cell, a smoothmuscle cell, a cardiomyocyte, a pancreas beta cell, a lymphocyte, amonocyte, a neutrophil, a T cell, a B cell, a NK cell, a mast cell, aplasma cell, a eosinophil, a basophil, an endothelial cell, anepithelial cell, a hepatocyte, an osteocyte, a platelet, an adipocyte, aretinal cell, a barrier cell, a hormone-secreting cell, a glial cell, aliver lipocyte, a secretory cell, a urinary cell, an extracellularmatrix cell, a nurse cell, an interstitial cell, a spermatocyte, and anoocyte.

Compositions for use in treating a genetic disease herein use aconstruct, for example, a DNA construct, that comprises the necessarycomponents for genome editing. For example, the construct, in someembodiments, comprise the single homology arm construct, the guideoligonucleotide, and the targeted endonuclease are encoded in aconstruct. In some embodiments, the construct is a viral construct,including but not limited to, an adeno-associated virus, an adenovirus,a lentivirus, or a retrovirus. In some embodiments, the construct is anon-viral construct, including but not limited to a mini-circle or aplasmid.

Compositions for use in treating a genetic disease herein, in someembodiments, be conducted by contacting a cell. In some embodiments, thecell is contacted in vivo. In some embodiments, the cell is contacted invitro. In some embodiments, the cell is from a subject. In someembodiments, the subject is a human, a non-human primate, a dog, a cat,a horse, a cow, a sheep, a pig, a rabbit, a rat, or a mouse. In someembodiments, the subject has a mutation in a gene homologous to thereplacement sequence.

Compositions for use in treating a genetic disease include but are notlimited to treating genetic diseases wherein the genetic disease isselected from Achondroplasia, Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency,Alzheimer's disease, Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Autism, AutosomalDominant Polycystic Kidney Disease, Breast cancer, Cancer,Charcot-Marie-Tooth, Colon cancer, Cri du chat, Crohn's Disease, Cysticfibrosis, Dercum Disease, Down Syndrome, Duane Syndrome, DuchenneMuscular Dystrophy, Factor V Leiden Thrombophilia, FamilialHypercholesterolemia, Familial Mediterranean Fever, Fragile X Syndrome,Gaucher Disease, Hemochromatosis, Hemophilia, Holoprosencephaly,Huntington's disease, Klinefelter syndrome, Leber's congenitalamaurosis, Marfan syndrome, Myotonic Dystrophy, Neurofibromatosis,Noonan Syndrome, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Parkinson's disease,Phenylketonuria, Poland Anomaly, Porphyria, Progeria, Prostate Cancer,Retinitis Pigmentosa, Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID), Sicklecell disease, Skin Cancer, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Stargardt disease,Tay-Sachs, Thalassemia, Trimethylaminuria, Turner Syndrome,Velocardiofacial Syndrome, WAGR Syndrome, and Wilson Disease. In someembodiments, the genetic disease comprises Progeria.

In additional aspects, there are provided, compositions comprising (i) asingle homology arm construct configured for homology-directed repaircomprising a replacement sequence and a targeted endonuclease cleavagesite; and (ii) a targeted endonuclease, wherein the replacement sequencecomprises at least one nucleotide difference compared to a target genomeand wherein the target genome comprises a sequence homologous to thetargeted endonuclease cleavage site for use in treating a geneticdisease. In some embodiments, the single homology arm construct has anucleic acid sequence at least 90% homologous to a nucleic acid sequencein Table 2.

Compositions for use in treating a genetic disease herein, in someembodiments, use a targeted endonuclease. In some embodiments, thetargeted endonuclease is selected from a CRISPR nuclease, a TALENnuclease, a DNA-guided nuclease, a meganuclease, and a Zinc FingerNuclease. In some embodiments, the targeted endonuclease is a CRISPRnuclease selected from the group consisting of Cas9, Cas12a (Cpf1),Cas12b (c2c1), Cas12c (c2c3), Cas12g, Cas12i, Cas14, Cas10, Cas3, CasX,CasY, Csf1, Cas13a (c2c2), Cas13b (c2c6), Cas13c (c2c7), c2c4, c2c5,c2c8, c2c9, c2c10, Cas10, CAST and Tn6677.

Compositions for use in treating a genetic disease herein, in someembodiments, further comprise contacting the cell with a guideoligonucleotide. In some embodiments, the guide oligonucleotide is aguide RNA. In some embodiments, the guide oligonucleotide or guide RNAhas a sequence at least 90% identical to a nucleic acid sequence inTable 3.

Compositions for use in treating a genetic disease herein, in someembodiments, use a replacement sequence that contains the sequence thatis to replace the genomic sequence. In some embodiments, the replacementsequence comprises a single nucleotide difference compared to the targetgenome. In some embodiments, the single base difference is selected fromone of a substitution, an insertion, and a deletion. In someembodiments, the replacement sequence comprises a substitution, aninsertion, an inversion, a translocation, a duplication, or a deletioncompared to the target genome. In some embodiments, the replacementsequence comprises at least a portion of an intron and at least aportion of an exon. In some embodiments, the replacement sequencecomprises all introns and exons of a gene downstream of a mutation inthe gene of the target genome.

Compositions for use in a treating a genetic disease herein, in someembodiments, edit the genome of a cell. Any cell is contemplated for usein methods herein, including but not limited to a cell selected from oneor more of a stem cell, a neuron, a skeletal muscle cell, a smoothmuscle cell, a cardiomyocyte, a pancreas beta cell, a lymphocyte, amonocyte, a neutrophil, a T cell, a B cell, a NK cell, a mast cell, aplasma cell, a eosinophil, a basophil, an endothelial cell, anepithelial cell, a hepatocyte, an osteocyte, a platelet, an adipocyte, aretinal cell, a barrier cell, a hormone-secreting cell, a glial cell, aliver lipocyte, a secretory cell, a urinary cell, an extracellularmatrix cell, a nurse cell, an interstitial cell, a spermatocyte, and anoocyte.

Compositions for use in treating a genetic disease herein use aconstruct, for example a DNA construct, that comprises the necessarycomponents for genome editing. For example, the construct, in someembodiments, comprise the single homology arm construct, the guideoligonucleotide, and the targeted endonuclease are encoded in aconstruct. In some embodiments, the construct is a viral construct,including but not limited to, an adeno-associated virus, an adenovirus,a lentivirus, or a retrovirus. In some embodiments, the construct is anon-viral construct, including but not limited to a mini-circle or aplasmid.

Compositions for use in treating a genetic disease herein, in someembodiments, be conducted by contacting a cell. In some embodiments, thecell is contacted in vivo. In some embodiments, the cell is contacted invitro. In some embodiments, the cell is from a subject. In someembodiments, the subject is a human, a non-human primate, a dog, a cat,a horse, a cow, a sheep, a pig, a rabbit, a rat, or a mouse. In someembodiments, the subject has a mutation in a gene homologous to thereplacement sequence.

Compositions for use in treating a genetic disease include but are notlimited to treating genetic diseases wherein the genetic disease isselected from Achondroplasia, Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency,Alzheimer's disease, Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Autism, AutosomalDominant Polycystic Kidney Disease, Breast cancer, Cancer,Charcot-Marie-Tooth, Colon cancer, Cri du chat, Crohn's Disease, Cysticfibrosis, Dercum Disease, Down Syndrome, Duane Syndrome, DuchenneMuscular Dystrophy, Factor V Leiden Thrombophilia, FamilialHypercholesterolemia, Familial Mediterranean Fever, Fragile X Syndrome,Gaucher Disease, Hemochromatosis, Hemophilia, Holoprosencephaly,Huntington's disease, Klinefelter syndrome, Leber's congenitalamaurosis, Marfan syndrome, Myotonic Dystrophy, Neurofibromatosis,Noonan Syndrome, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Parkinson's disease,Phenylketonuria, Poland Anomaly, Porphyria, Progeria, Prostate Cancer,Retinitis Pigmentosa, Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID), Sicklecell disease, Skin Cancer, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Stargardt disease,Tay-Sachs, Thalassemia, Trimethylaminuria, Turner Syndrome,Velocardiofacial Syndrome, WAGR Syndrome, and Wilson Disease. In someembodiments, the genetic disease comprises Progeria.

Genetic diseases that are treated by methods and compositions disclosedherein include but are not limited to aceruloplasminemia,Achondrogenesis type II, achondroplasia, acute intermittent porphyria,adenylosuccinate lyase deficiency, Adrenoleukodystrophy, ALA dehydratasedeficiency, Alagille syndrome, Albinism, Alexander disease,alkaptonuria, alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, Alstrom syndrome,Alzheimer's disease, Amelogenesis imperfecta, amyotrophic lateralsclerosis, androgen insensitivity syndrome, Anemia, Angelman syndrome,Apert syndrome, ataxia telangiectasia, Beare-Stevenson cutis gyratasyndrome, Benjamin syndrome, beta-thalassemia, biotinidase deficiency,bladder cancer, Bloom syndrome, Bone diseases, breast cancer,Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome, CADASIL syndrome, CGD Chronic granulomatousdisorder, Campomelic dysplasia, Canavan disease, Cancer,Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, CHARGE syndrome, Cockayne syndrome,Coffin-Lowry syndrome, collagenopathy, types II and XI, Colorectalcancer, Connective tissue disease, Cowden syndrome, Cri du chat, Crohn'sdisease (fibrostenosing), Crouzon syndrome, Crouzonodermoskeletalsyndrome, Degenerative nerve diseases, developmental disabilities, DiGeorge's syndrome, distal hereditary motor neuropathy, Dwarfism,Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, erythropoietic protoporphyria, Fabry disease,Facial injuries and disorders, factor V Leiden thrombophilia, familialadenomatous polyposis, familial dysautonomia, FG syndrome, fragile Xsyndrome, Friedreich's ataxia, G6PD deficiency, galactosemia, Gaucherdisease, Genetic brain disorders, Harlequin type ichthyosis, Head andbrain malformations, Hearing disorders and deafness, Hearing problems inchildren, hemochromatosis, hemophilia, hepatoerythropoietic Porphyria,Hereditary coproporphyria, Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT),Hereditary multiple exostoses, Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectalcancer, homocystinuria, Huntington's disease, primary hyperoxaluria,hyperphenylalaninemia, Hypochondrogenesis, Hypochondroplasia,Incontinentia pigmenti, infantile-onset ascending hereditary spasticparalysis, Infertility, Jackson-Weiss syndrome, Joubert syndrome,Klinefelter syndrome, Leber's congenital amaurosis, Kniest dysplasia,Krabbe disease, Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, Leukodystrophies, Li-Fraumenisyndrome, familial lipoprotein lipase deficiency, Male genitaldisorders, Marfan syndrome, McCune-Albright syndrome, McLeod syndrome,MEDNIK, Familial Mediterranean fever, Menkes disease, Metabolicdisorders, Methemoglobinemia beta-globin type, methylmalonic academia,Micro syndrome, Microcephaly, Movement disorders, Mowat-Wilson syndrome,Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS I), Muenke syndrome, Muscular dystrophy,Muscular dystrophy, Duchenne and Becker type, myotonic dystrophy,Neurofibromatosis type I, Neurofibromatosis type II, Neurologicdiseases, Neuromuscular disorders, Sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase1SMPD1, nonsyndromic deafness, Noonan syndrome, Ogden syndrome,osteogenesis imperfecta, otospondylomegaepiphyseal dysplasia,pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration, Pendred syndrome,Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, Pfeiffer syndrome, phenylketonuria, Polycystickidney disease, Porphyria, Prader-Willi syndrome, Primary ciliarydyskinesia (PCD), primary pulmonary hypertension, progeria, propionicacademia, protein C deficiency, protein S deficiency, pseudo-Gaucherdisease, pseudoxanthoma elasticum, Retinal disorders, Retinoblastoma,Rett syndrome, Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome, Schwartz-Jampel syndrome,severe achondroplasia with developmental delay and acanthosis nigricans(SADDAN), sickle cell anemia, Siderius X-linked mental retardationsyndrome, Skin pigmentation disorders, Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome, SmithMagenis Syndrome, Speech and communication disorders, spinal and bulbarmuscular atrophy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Stargardt disease,spinocerebellar ataxia, Strudwick type spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia,spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenital, Stickler syndrome, Tay-Sachsdisease, tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency, thanatophoric dysplasia,Thyroid disease, Treacher Collins syndrome, Usher syndrome, variegateporphyria, von Hippel-Lindau disease, Waardenburg syndrome,Weissenbacher-Zweymüller syndrome, Williams Syndrome, Wilson disease,Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, Xeroderma pigmentosum, X-linked severecombined immunodeficiency, or X-linked sideroblastic anemia.

Methods of One-Armed Homology-Directed Repair

In another aspect, there are provided methods of one-armedhomology-directed repair for editing a target genome in a cell. Somesuch methods, in some embodiments, comprise contacting the cell with (i)a single homology arm construct comprising a replacement sequence and atargeted endonuclease cleavage site; and (ii) a targeted endonuclease,wherein the replacement sequence comprises at least one nucleotidedifference compared to the target genome and wherein the target genomecomprises a sequence homologous to the targeted endonuclease cleavagesite, wherein the replacement sequence is integrated into the targetgenome using homology-directed repair and unknown proteins. In someembodiments, the single homology arm construct replaces at least aportion of the target genome.

Methods of one-armed homology-directed repair herein, in someembodiments, use a single homology arm construct comprising areplacement sequence and a targeted endonuclease cleavage site. In someembodiments, the single homology arm construct has a nucleic acidsequence at least 90% homologous to a nucleic acid sequence in Table 2.

Methods of one-armed homology-directed repair herein, in someembodiments, use a targeted endonuclease. In some embodiments, thetargeted endonuclease is selected from a CRISPR nuclease, a TALENnuclease, a DNA-guided nuclease, a meganuclease, and a Zinc FingerNuclease. In some embodiments, the targeted endonuclease is a CRISPRnuclease selected from the group consisting of Cas9, Cas12a (Cpf1),Cas12b (c2c1), Cas12c (c2c3), Cas12g, Cas12i, Cas14, Cas10, Cas3, CasX,CasY, Csf1, Cas13a (c2c2), Cas13b (c2c6), Cas13c (c2c7), c2c4, c2c5,c2c8, c2c9, c2c10, Cas10, CAST and Tn6677.

Methods of one-armed homology-directed repair herein, in someembodiments, further comprise contacting the cell with a guideoligonucleotide. In some embodiments, the guide oligonucleotide is aguide RNA. In some embodiments, the guide oligonucleotide or guide RNAhas a sequence at least 90% identical to a nucleic acid sequence inTable 3.

Methods of one-armed homology-directed repair herein, in someembodiments, use a replacement sequence that contains the sequence thatis to replace the genomic sequence. In some embodiments, the replacementsequence comprises a single nucleotide difference compared to the targetgenome. In some embodiments, the single base difference is selected fromone of a substitution, an insertion, and a deletion. In someembodiments, the replacement sequence comprises a substitution, aninsertion, an inversion, a translocation, a duplication, or a deletioncompared to the target genome. In some embodiments, the replacementsequence comprises at least a portion of an intron and at least aportion of an exon. In some embodiments, the replacement sequencecomprises all introns and exons of a gene downstream of a mutation inthe gene of the target genome.

Methods of one-armed homology-directed repair herein, in someembodiments, edit the genome of a cell. Any cell is contemplated for usein methods herein, including but not limited to a cell selected from oneor more of a stem cell, a neuron, a skeletal muscle cell, a smoothmuscle cell, a cardiomyocyte, a pancreas beta cell, a lymphocyte, amonocyte, a neutrophil, a T cell, a B cell, a NK cell, a mast cell, aplasma cell, a eosinophil, a basophil, an endothelial cell, anepithelial cell, a hepatocyte, an osteocyte, a platelet, an adipocyte, aretinal cell, a barrier cell, a hormone-secreting cell, a glial cell, aliver lipocyte, a secretory cell, a urinary cell, an extracellularmatrix cell, a nurse cell, an interstitial cell, a spermatocyte, and anoocyte.

Methods of one-armed homology-directed repair herein use a construct,for example a DNA construct, that comprises the necessary components forgenome editing. For example, the construct, in some embodiments,comprise the single homology arm construct, the guide oligonucleotide,and the targeted endonuclease are encoded in a construct. In someembodiments, the construct is a viral construct, including but notlimited to, an adeno-associated virus, an adenovirus, a lentivirus, or aretrovirus. In some embodiments, the construct is a non-viral construct,including but not limited to a mini-circle or a plasmid.

Methods of one-armed homology-directed repair herein, in someembodiments, be conducted by contacting a cell. In some embodiments, thecell is contacted in vivo. In some embodiments, the cell is contacted invitro. In some embodiments, the cell is from a subject. In someembodiments, the subject is a human, a non-human primate, a dog, a cat,a horse, a cow, a sheep, a pig, a rabbit, a rat, or a mouse. In someembodiments, the subject has a mutation in a gene homologous to thereplacement sequence.

Compositions and Kits

In additional aspects, there are provided compositions comprising (i) asingle homology arm construct comprising a replacement sequence and atargeted endonuclease cleavage site; and (ii) a targeted endonuclease,wherein the replacement sequence comprises at least one nucleotidedifference compared to a target genome and wherein the target genomecomprises a sequence homologous to the targeted endonuclease cleavagesite. In some embodiments, the single homology arm construct has anucleic acid sequence at least 90% homologous to a nucleic acid sequencein Table 2.

Compositions herein, in some embodiments, comprise a cell. In someembodiments, the cell is a mammalian cell. In some embodiments, the cellis a human cell. In some embodiments, the cell is selected from one ormore of a stem cell, a neuron, a skeletal muscle cell, a smooth musclecell, a cardiomyocyte, a pancreas beta cell, a lymphocyte, a monocyte, aneutrophil, a T cell, a B cell, a NK cell, a mast cell, a plasma cell, aeosinophil, a basophil, an endothelial cell, an epithelial cell, ahepatocyte, an osteocyte, a platelet, an adipocyte, a retinal cell, abarrier cell, a hormone-secreting cell, a glial cell, a liver lipocyte,a secretory cell, a urinary cell, an extracellular matrix cell, a nursecell, an interstitial cell, a spermatocyte, and an oocyte.

Compositions herein comprise a construct, for example, a DNA construct,that comprises the necessary components for genome editing. For example,the construct, in some embodiments, comprise the single homology armconstruct, the guide oligonucleotide, and the targeted endonuclease areencoded in a construct. In some embodiments, the construct is a viralconstruct, including but not limited to, an adeno-associated virus, anadenovirus, a lentivirus, or a retrovirus. In some embodiments, theconstruct is a non-viral construct, including but not limited to amini-circle or a plasmid.

Compositions herein, in some embodiments, comprise a pharmaceuticallyacceptable buffer or excipient. Compositions described herein, in someembodiments, include but are not limited to water, saline, phosphatebuffered saline, dextrose, glycerol, ethanol, mannitol, sorbitol, sodiumchloride, and combinations thereof.

Compositions provided herein, in some embodiments, comprise a targetedendonuclease. In some embodiments, the targeted endonuclease is selectedfrom a CRISPR nuclease, a TALEN nuclease, a DNA-guided nuclease, ameganuclease, and a Zinc Finger Nuclease. In some embodiments, thetargeted endonuclease is a CRISPR nuclease selected from the groupconsisting of Cas9, Cas12a (Cpf1), Cas12b (c2c1), Cas12c (c2c3), Cas12g,Cas12i, Cas14, Cas10, Cas3, CasX, CasY, Csf1, Cas13a (c2c2), Cas13b(c2c6), Cas13c (c2c7), c2c4, c2c5, c2c8, c2c9, c2c10, Cas10, CAST andTn6677.

Compositions provided herein, in some embodiments, further comprise aguide oligonucleotide. In some embodiments, the guide oligonucleotide isa guide RNA. In some embodiments, the guide oligonucleotide or guide RNAhas a sequence at least 90% identical to a nucleic acid sequence inTable 3.

Further provided herein are kits comprising at least one compositiondescribed herein and instructions for use in at least one methodprovided herein.

Compositions for Delivery

Any suitable delivery method is contemplated to be used for deliveringthe compositions of the disclosure. The individual components of theSATI system (e.g., nuclease and/or the exogenous DNA sequence), in someembodiments, are delivered simultaneously or temporally separated. Thechoice of method of genetic modification is dependent on the type ofcell being transformed and/or the circumstances under which thetransformation is taking place (e.g., in vitro, ex vivo, or in vivo). Ageneral discussion of these methods is found in Ausubel, et al., ShortProtocols in Molecular Biology, 3rd ed., Wiley & Sons, 1995.

In some embodiments, a method as disclosed herein involves contacting atarget DNA or introducing into a cell (or a population of cells) one ormore nucleic acids comprising nucleotide sequences encoding acomplementary strand nucleic acid (e.g., gRNA), a site-directedmodifying polypeptide (e.g., Cas protein), and/or a exogenous DNAsequence. Suitable nucleic acids comprising nucleotide sequencesencoding a complementary strand nucleic acid and/or a site-directedmodifying polypeptide include expression vectors, where an expressionvector comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a complementary strandnucleic acid and/or a site-directed modifying polypeptide is arecombinant expression vector.

Non-limiting examples of delivery methods or transformation include, forexample, viral or bacteriophage infection, transfection, conjugation,protoplast fusion, lipofection, electroporation, calcium phosphateprecipitation, polyethyleneimine (PEI)-mediated transfection,DEAE-dextran mediated transfection, liposome-mediated transfection,particle gun technology, calcium phosphate precipitation, directmicroinjection, and nanoparticle-mediated nucleic acid delivery (see,e.g., Panyam et., al Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2012 Sep. 13. pii:50169-409X(12)00283-9. doi: 10.1016/j.addr.2012.09.023).

In some aspects, the present disclosure provides methods comprisingdelivering one or more polynucleotides, such as or one or more vectorsas described herein, one or more transcripts thereof, and/or one orproteins transcribed therefrom, to a host cell. In some aspects, thedisclosure further provides cells produced by such methods, andorganisms (such as animals, plants, or fungi) comprising or producedfrom such cells. In some embodiments, a nuclease protein in combinationwith, and optionally complexed with, a complementary strand sequence isdelivered to a cell. Conventional viral and non-viral based genetransfer methods are contemplated to be used to introduce nucleic acidsin mammalian cells or target tissues. Such methods are used toadminister nucleic acids encoding components of a SATI system to cellsin culture, or in a host organism. Non-viral vector delivery systemsinclude DNA plasmids, RNA (e.g. a transcript of a vector describedherein), naked nucleic acid, and nucleic acid complexed with a deliveryvehicle, such as a liposome. Viral vector delivery systems can includeDNA and RNA viruses, which can have either episomal or integratedgenomes after delivery to the cell. For a review of gene therapyprocedures, see Anderson, Science 256:808-813 (1992); Nabel & Felgner,TIBTECH 11:211-217 (1993); Mitani & Caskey, TIBTECH 11:162-166 (1993);Dillon. TIBTECH 11:167-175 (1993); Miller, Nature 357:455-460 (1992);Van Brunt, Biotechnology 6(10): 1149-1154 (1988); Vigne, RestorativeNeurology and Neuroscience 8:35-36 (1995); Kremer & Perricaudet, BritishMedical Bulletin 51(1):31-44 (1995); Haddada et al., in Current Topicsin Microbiology and Immunology Doerfler and Bohm (eds) (1995); and Yu etal., Gene Therapy 1:13-26 (1994).

Methods of non-viral delivery of nucleic acids can include lipofection,nucleofection, microinjection, electroporation, biolistics, virosomes,liposomes, immunoliposomes, nanoparticle, polycation or lipid:nucleicacid conjugates, naked DNA, artificial virions, and agent-enhanceduptake of DNA. Lipofection is described in e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos.5,049,386, 4,946,787; and 4,897,355) and lipofection reagents are soldcommercially (e.g., Transfectam™ and Lipofectin™). Cationic and neutrallipids that are suitable for efficient receptor-recognition lipofectionof polynucleotides include those of Felgner, WO 91/17424; WO 91/16024.Delivery is contemplated to be to cells (e.g. in vitro or ex vivoadministration) or target tissues (e.g. in vivo administration).

The preparation of lipid:nucleic acid complexes, including targetedliposomes such as immunolipid complexes, is well known (see, e.g.,Crystal, Science 270:404-410 (1995); Blaese et al., Cancer Gene Ther.2:291-297 (1995): Behr et al., Bioconjugate Chem. 5:382-389 (1994); Remyet al., Bioconjugate Chem. 5:647-654 (1994); Gao et al., Gene Therapy2:710-722 (1995); Ahmad et al., Cancer Res. 52:4817-4820 (1992); U.S.Pat. Nos. 4,186,183, 4,217,344, 4,235,871, 4,261,975, 4,485,054,4,501,728, 4,774,085, 4,837,028, and 4,946,787).

RNA or DNA viral based systems are used to target specific cells in thebody and trafficking the viral payload to the nucleus of the cell. Viralvectors are alternatively administered directly (in vivo) or they areused to treat cells in vitro, and the modified cells are optionally beadministered (ex vivo). Viral based systems include, but are not limitedto, retroviral, lentivirus, adenoviral, adeno-associated, and herpessimplex virus vectors for gene transfer. Integration in the host genome,in some embodiments, occurs with the retrovirus, lentivirus, andadeno-associated virus gene transfer methods, which results in long termexpression of the inserted transgene, in some embodiments. Hightransduction efficiencies are observed in many different cell types andtarget tissues.

The tropism of a retrovirus is altered, in certain embodiments, byincorporating foreign envelope proteins, expanding the potential targetpopulation of target cells. Lentiviral vectors are retroviral vectorsthat are capable of transducing or infecting non-dividing cells andproduce high viral titers. Selection of a retroviral gene transfersystem depends on the target tissue. Retroviral vectors, in someembodiments, comprise cis-acting long terminal repeats with packagingcapacity for up to 6-10 kb of foreign sequence. The minimum cis-actingLTRs, in some embodiments, are sufficient for replication and packagingof the vectors, which are capable of integrating the therapeutic geneinto the target cell to provide permanent transgene expression.Retroviral vectors include but are not limited to those based uponmurine leukemia virus (MuLV), gibbon ape leukemia virus (GaLV), SimianImmuno deficiency virus (SIV), human immuno deficiency virus (HIV), andcombinations thereof (see, e.g., Buchscher et al., J. Virol.66:2731-2739 (1992); Johann et al., J. Virol. 66:1635-1640 (1992);Sommnerfelt et al., Virol. 176:58-59 (1990); Wilson et al., J. Virol.63:2374-2378 (1989); Miller et al., J. Virol. 65:2220-2224 (1991);PCT/US94/05700).

In some embodiments, adenoviral-based systems are used. Adenoviral-basedsystems, in some embodiments, lead to transient expression of thetransgene. Adenoviral based vectors are capable of high transductionefficiency in cells and in some embodiments do not require celldivision. High titer and levels of expression are possible withadenoviral based vectors. In some embodiments, adeno-associated virus(“AAV”) vectors are used to transduce cells with target nucleic acids,e.g., in the in vitro production of nucleic acids and peptides, and forin vivo and ex vivo gene therapy procedures (see, e.g., West et al.,Virology 160:38-47 (1987); U.S. Pat. No. 4,797,368; WO 93/24641; Kotin,Human Gene Therapy 5:793-801 (1994); Muzyczka, J. Clin. Invest. 94:1351(1994). Construction of recombinant AAV vectors is described in a numberof publications, including U.S. Pat. No. 5,173,414; Tratschin et al.,Mol. Cell. Biol. 5:3251-3260 (1985); Tratschin, et al., Mol. Cell. Biol.4:2072-2081 (1984); Hermonat & Muzyczka, PNAS 81:6466-6470 (1984); andSamulski et al., J. Virol. 63:03822-3828 (1989).

Packaging cells, in some embodiments, are used to form virus particlescapable of infecting a host cell. Such cells include but are not limitedto 293 cells, (e.g., for packaging adenovirus), and .psi.2 cells orPA317 cells (e.g., for packaging retrovirus). Viral vectors aregenerated by producing a cell line that packages a nucleic acid vectorinto a viral particle. In some cases, the vectors contain the minimalviral sequences required for packaging and subsequent integration into ahost. In some cases, the vectors contain other viral sequences beingreplaced by an expression cassette for the polynucleotide(s) to beexpressed. In some embodiments, the missing viral functions are suppliedin trans by the packaging cell line. For example, in some embodiments,AAV vectors comprise ITR sequences from the AAV genome which arerequired for packaging and integration into the host genome. Viral DNAis packaged in a cell line, which contains a helper plasmid encoding theother AAV genes, namely rep and cap, while lacking ITR sequences.Alternatively, the cell line is infected with adenovirus as a helper.The helper virus promotes the replication of the AAV vector andexpression of AAV genes from the helper plasmid. Contamination withadenovirus is reduced by, e.g., heat treatment, to which adenovirus ismore sensitive than AAV.

A host cell is alternatively transiently or non-transiently transfectedwith one or more vectors described herein. In some embodiments, a cellis transfected as it naturally occurs in a subject. In some embodiments,a cell is taken or derived from a subject and transfected. In someembodiments, a cell is derived from cells taken from a subject, such asa cell line. In some embodiments, a cell transfected with one or morevectors described herein is used to establish a new cell line comprisingone or more vector-derived sequences. In some embodiments, a celltransiently transfected with the components of a CRISPR system asdescribed herein (such as by transient transfection of one or morevectors, or transfection with RNA), and modified through the activity ofa CRISPR complex, is used to establish a new cell line comprising cellscontaining the modification but lacking any other exogenous sequence.

Any suitable vector compatible with the host cell is contemplated to beused with the methods of the invention. Non-limiting examples of vectorsfor eukaryotic host cells include pXT1, pSG5, pSVK3, pBPV, pMSG, andpSVLSV40.

In some embodiments, a nucleotide sequence encoding a complementarystrand nucleic acid and/or a site-directed modifying polypeptide isoperably linked to a control element, e.g., a transcriptional controlelement, such as a promoter. The transcriptional control element isfunctional, in some embodiments, in either a eukaryotic cell, e.g., amammalian cell, or a prokaryotic cell (e.g., bacterial or archaealcell). In some embodiments, a nucleotide sequence encoding acomplementary strand nucleic acid and/or a site-directed modifyingpolypeptide is operably linked to multiple control elements that allowexpression of the nucleotide sequence encoding a complementary strandnucleic acid and/or a site-directed modifying polypeptide in prokaryoticand/or eukaryotic cells.

Depending on the host/vector system utilized, any of a number ofsuitable transcription and translation control elements, includingconstitutive and inducible promoters, transcription enhancer elements,transcription terminators, etc. may be used in the expression vector(e.g., U6 promoter, H1 promoter, etc.; see above) (see e.g., Bitter etal. (1987) Methods in Enzymology, 153:516-544).

In some embodiments, a complementary strand nucleic acid and/or asite-directed modifying polypeptide is provided as RNA. In such cases,the complementary strand nucleic acid and/or the RNA encoding thesite-directed modifying polypeptide is produced by direct chemicalsynthesis or may be transcribed in vitro from a DNA encoding thecomplementary strand nucleic acid. The complementary strand nucleic acidand/or the RNA encoding the site-directed modifying polypeptide aresynthesized in vitro using an RNA polymerase enzyme (e.g., T7polymerase, T3 polymerase, SP6 polymerase, etc.). Once synthesized, theRNA directly contacts a target DNA or is introduced into a cell usingany suitable technique for introducing nucleic acids into cells (e.g.,microinjection, electroporation, transfection, etc).

Nucleotides encoding a complementary strand nucleic acid (introducedeither as DNA or RNA) and/or a site-directed modifying polypeptide(introduced as DNA or RNA) and/or an exogenous DNA sequence are providedto the cells using a suitable transfection technique; see, e.g. Angeland Yanik (2010) PLoS ONE 5(7): e11756, and the commercially availableTransMessenger® reagents from Qiagen, Stemfect™ RNA Transfection Kitfrom Stemgent, and TransIT®-mRNA Transfection Kit from Minis Bio LLC.Nucleic acids encoding a complementary strand nucleic acid and/or asite-directed modifying polypeptide and/or a chimeric site-directedmodifying polypeptide and/or an exogenous DNA sequence may be providedon DNA vectors. Many vectors, e.g., plasmids, cosmids, minicircles,phage, viruses, etc., useful for transferring nucleic acids into targetcells are available. The vectors comprising the nucleic acid(s) in someembodiments are maintained episomally, e.g. as plasmids, minicircleDNAs, viruses such cytomegalovirus, adenovirus, etc., or they areintegrated into the target cell genome, through homologous recombinationor random integration, e.g. retrovirus-derived vectors such as MMLV,HIV-1, and ALV.

Nucleic Acid Molecules

In additional aspects, there are provided nucleic acid moleculescomprising a single homology arm construct comprising a replacementsequence and a targeted endonuclease cleavage site. In some embodiments,the replacement sequence comprises at least one nucleotide differencecompared to a target genome. In some embodiments, the single homologyarm construct has a nucleic acid sequence at least 90% homologous to anucleic acid sequence in Table 2.

Compositions provided herein, in some embodiments, further comprise aguide oligonucleotide. In some embodiments, the guide oligonucleotide isa guide RNA. In some embodiments, the guide oligonucleotide or guide RNAhas a sequence at least 90% identical to a nucleic acid sequence inTable 3.

Nucleic acids provided herein, in some embodiments, further comprise asequence encoding a targeted endonuclease. In some embodiments, thetargeted endonuclease is selected from a CRISPR nuclease, a TALENnuclease, a DNA-guided nuclease, a meganuclease, and a Zinc FingerNuclease. In some embodiments, the targeted endonuclease is a CRISPRnuclease selected from the group consisting of Cas9, Cas12a (Cpf1),Cas12b (c2c1), Cas12c (c2c3), Cas12g, Cas12i, Cas14, Cas10, Cas3, CasX,CasY, Csf1, Cas13a (c2c2), Cas13b (c2c6), Cas13c (c2c7), c2c4, c2c5,c2c8, c2c9, c2c10, Cas10, CAST and Tn6677.

Nucleic acids provided herein, in some embodiments, comprise aconstruct, for example a DNA construct, that comprises the necessarycomponents for genome editing. For example, the construct, in someembodiments, comprise the single homology arm construct, the guideoligonucleotide, and the targeted endonuclease are encoded in aconstruct. In some embodiments, the construct is a viral construct,including but not limited to, an adeno-associated virus, an adenovirus,a lentivirus, or a retrovirus. In some embodiments, the construct is anon-viral construct, including but not limited to a mini-circle or aplasmid.

In additional aspects, there are provided kits comprising at least onenucleic acid provided herein and instructions for use according to atleast one method provided herein.

TABLE 1 Construct Sequences SEQ ID Construct Sequence NO: pAAV-Cctgcaggcagctgcgcgctcgctcgctca 1 CjPVCGaMP-ctgaggccgcccgggcaaagcccgggcgtc SATI gggcgacctttggtcgcccggcctcagtgagcgagcgagcgcgcagagagggagtggcca actccatcactaggggttcctgcggccgcacgcgtGCCAACTTTGTACAAGAAAGCTGGG TCTAGAAAAAAAGCACCGACTCGGTGCCACTTTTTCAAGTTGATAACGGACTAGCCTTAT TTTAACTTGCTATTTCTAGCTCTAAAACACTGTATCTTTTGCTTCATCGGTGTTTCGTCC TTTCCACAAGATATATAAAGCCAAGAAATCGAAATACTTTCAAGTTACGGTAAGCATATG ATAGTCCATTTTAAAACATAATTTTAAAACTGCAAACTACCCAAGAAATTATTACTTTCT ACGTCACGTATTTTGTACTAATATCTTTGTGTTTACAGTCAAATTAATTCTAATTATCTC TCTAACAGCCTTGTATCGTATATGCAAATATGAAGGAATCATGGGAAATAGGCCCTCTTC CTGCCCGACCTTAGAGGGCGTTTAAACCCTACTGTATCTTTTGCTTCATCACTCACTCTC TGGGTCTCCTGCAGCAGACGCAAGACCCCAAAGAAAGCACCACCCAGGGTCTCACAGTAA GGTGAACAGTCTCTTTTGCACCCCCGCCTCTGACTCACTTTCCTTTGTCATTTTCTTCTG CAGAATTCTCCACTCTGGTGGCTGAAAGCGTGGCCGAGTCAGGAAGCGGAGCTACTAACT TCAGCCTGCTGAAGCAGGCTGGAGACGTGGAGGAGAACCCTGGACCTatgggttctcatc atcatcatcatcatggtatggctagcatgactggtggacagcaaatgggtcgggatctgt acgacgatgacgataaggatctcgccaccatggtcgactcatcacgtcgtaagtggaata agacaggtcacgcagtcagagctataggtcggctgagctcactcgagaacgtctatatca aggccgacaagcagaagaacggcatcaaggcgaacttcaagatccgccacaacatcgagg acggcggcgtgcagctcgcctaccactaccagcagaacacccccatcggcgacggccccg tgctgctgcccgacaaccactacctgagcgtgcagtccaaactttcgaaagaccccaacg agaagcgcgatcacatggtcctgctggagttcgtgaccgccgccgggatcactctcggca tggacgagctgtacaagggcggtaccggagggagcatggtgagcaagggcgaggagctgt tcaccggggtggtgcccatcctggtcgagctggacggcgacgtaaacggccacaagttca gcgtgtccggcgagggtgagggcgatgccacctacggcaagctgaccctgaagttcatct gcaccaccggcaagctgcccgtgccctggcccaccctcgtgaccaccctgacctacggcg tgcagtgcttcagccgctaccccgaccacatgaagcagcacgacttcttcaagtccgcca tgcccgaaggctacatccaggagcgcaccatcttcttcaaggacgacggcaactacaaga cccgcgccgaggtgaagttcgagggcgacaccctggtgaaccgcatcgagctgaagggca tcgacttcaaggaggacggcaacatcctggggcacaagctggagtacaacctgccggacc aactgactgaagagcagatcgcagaatttaaagaggaattctccctatttgacaaggacg gggatgggacaataacaaccaaggagctggggacggtgatgcggtctctggggcagaacc ccacagaagcagagctgcaggacatgatcaatgaagtagatgccgacggtgacggcacaa tcgacttccctgagttcctgacaatgatggcaagaaaaatgaaatacagggacacggaag aagaaattagagaagcgttcggtgtgtttgataaggatggcaatggctacatcagtgcag cagagcttcgccacgtgatgacaaaccttggagagaagttaacagatgaagaggttgatg aaatgatcagggaagcagacatcgatggggatggtcaggtaaactacgaagagtttgtac aaatgatgacagcgaagTAAGAAGCACTGACTGCCCCAGGTCTTCCACCTCTCTGCCCTG AACACCCAATCTCAGACCCTCTTACCACCCTCCTGCATTTCTGCTAATGACACCATTCTT CTGGAAAATGCTGGAGAAGCAATAAAGGCTGTACCAGTCAGACTCTGCATGCTCAGGAAG ACCCAGGCCTGGTCAGGCACTGGCTTTCTAGATGCATCTGGGAGGGGGTGGGGGCCGGAT TTCAACAGCTAGAAAAGATGTGATAGGAGGGAATGAAAGGGAACACCCTCTTTTCCACAc taagtactaagcatggcactctacagaggttacccacttactccccaaaaccaccccata aggtaggtgatgaaactcccattctctgaaaaactaagtctcagagaggggaagtgagat gtctaagcccacaaaaacagaatttgttagtgttggggtttgaatgcaggtctgTAGATG GGTAGGtggatCCTACTGTATCTTTTGCTTCATCGACCTAGGccattgacgtcaataatg acgtatgttcccatagtaacgccaatagggactttccattgacgtcaatgggtggagtat ttacggtaaactgcccacttggcagtacatcaagtgtatcatatgccaagtacgccccct attgacgtcaatgacggtaaatggcccgcctggcattatgcccagtacatgaccttatgg gactttcctacttggcagtacatctacgtattagtcatcgctattaccatggtcgaggtg agccccacgttctgcttcactctccccatctcccccccctccccacccccaattttgtat ttatttattttttaattattttgtgcagcgatgggggcggggggggggggggggcgcgcg ccaggcggggcggggcggggcgaggggcggggcggggcgaggcggagaggtgcggcggca gccaatcagagcggcgcgctccgaaagtttccttttatggcgaggcggcggcggcggcgg ccctataaaaagcgaagcgcgcggcgggcgggagtcgctgcgcgctgccttcgccccgtg ccccgctccgccgccgcctcgcgccgcccgccccggctctgactgaccgcgttactccca caggtgagcgggcgggacggcccttctcctccgggctgtaattagcgcttggtttaatga cggcttgtttcttttctgtggctgcgtgaaagccttgaggggctccgggagggccctttg tgcggggggagcggctcggggctgtccgcggggggacggctgccttcgggggggacgggg cagggcggggttcggcttctggcgtgtgaccggcggctctagagcctctgctaaccatgt tcatgccttcttctttttcctacagctcctgggcaacgtgctggttattgtgctgtctca tcattttggcaaagaattgGATCCGAATTCACCATGTCTAGACTGGACAAGAGCAAAGTC ATAAACTCTGCTCTGGAATTACTCAATGAAGTCGGTATCGAAGGCCTGACGACAAGGAAA CTCGCTCAAAAGCTGGGAGTTGAGCAGCCTACCCTGTACTGGCACGTGAAGAACAAGCGG GCCCTGCTCGATGCCCTGGCAATCGAGATGCTGGACAGGCATCATACCCACTTCTGCCCC CTGGAAGGCGAGTCATGGCAAGACTTTCTGCGGAACAACGCCAAGTCATTCCGCTGTGCT CTCCTCTCACATCGCGACGGGGCTAAAGTGCATCTCGGCACCCGCCCAACAGAGAAACAG TACGAAACCCTGGAAAATCAGCTCGCGTTCCTGTGTCAGCAAGGCTTCTCCCTGGAGAAC GCACTGTACGCTCTGTCCGCCGTGGGCCACTTTACACTGGGCTGCGTATTGGAGGATCAG GAGCATCAAGTAGCAAAAGAGGAAAGAGAGACACCTACCACCGATTCTATGCCCCCACTT CTGAGACAAGCAATTGAGCTGTTCGACCATCAGGGAGCCGAACCTGCCTTCCTTTTCGGC CTGGAACTAATCATATGTGGCCTGGAGAAACAGCTAAAGTGCGAAAGCGGCGGGCCGGCC GACGCCCTTGACGATTTTGACTTAGACATGCTCCCAGCCGATGCCCTTGACGACTTTGAC CTTGATATGCTGCCTGCTGACGCTCTTGACGATTTTGACCTTGACATGCTCCCCGGGTAA CTAAGTAAGCGGCCGCTAGGCCTCACCTGCGATCTCGATGCTTTATTTGTGAAATTTGTG ATGCTATTGCTTTATTTGTAACCATTATAAGCTGCAATAAACAAGTTAACAACAACAATT GCATTCATTTTATGTTTCAGGTTCAGGGGGAGGTGTGGGAGGTTTTTTAAACTAGTCCca cgtgcggaccgagcggccgcaggaacccctagtgatggagttggccactccctctctgcg cgctcgctcgctcactgaggccgggcgaccaaaggtcgcccgacgcccgggctttgcccg ggcggcctcagtgagcgagcgagcgcgcagctgcctgcaggggcgcctgatgcggtattt tctccttacgcatctgtgcggtatttcacaccgcatacgtcaaagcaaccatagtacgcg ccctgtagcggcgcattaagcgcggcgggtgtggtggttacgcgcagcgtgaccgctaca cttgccagcgccctagcgcccgctcctttcgctttcttcccttcctttctcgccacgttc gccggctttccccgtcaagctctaaatcgggggctccctttagggttccgatttagtgct ttacggcacctcgaccccaaaaaacttgatttgggtgatggttcacgtagtgggccatcg ccctgatagacggtttttcgccctttgacgttggagtccacgttctttaatagtggactc ttgttccaaactggaacaacactcaaccctatctcgggctattcttttgatttataaggg attttgccgatttcggcctattggttaaaaaatgagctgatttaacaaaaatttaacgcg aattttaacaaaatattaacgtttacaattttatggtgcactctcagtacaatctgctct gatgccgcatagttaagccagccccgacacccgccaacacccgctgacgcgccctgacgg gcttgtctgctcccggcatccgcttacagacaagctgtgaccgtctccgggagctgcatg tgtcagaggttttcaccgtcatcaccgaaacgcgcgagacgaaagggcctcgtgatacg cctatttttataggttaatgtcatgataataatggtttcttagacgtcaggtggcacttt tcggggaaatgtgcgcggaacccctatttgtttatttttctaaatacattcaaatatgta tccgctcatgagacaataaccctgataaatgcttcaataatattgaaaaaggaagagtat gagtattcaacatttccgtgtcgcccttattcccttttttgcggcattttgccttcctgt ttttgctcacccagaaacgctggtgaaagtaaaagatgctgaagatcagttgggtgcacg agtgggttacatcgaactggatctcaacagcggtaagatccttgagagttttcgccccga agaacgttttccaatgatgagcacttttaaagttctgctatgtggcgcggtattatcccg tattgacgccgggcaagagcaactcggtcgccgcatacactattctcagaatgacttggt tgagtactcaccagtcacagaaaagcatcttacggatggcatgacagtaagagaattatg cagtgctgccataaccatgagtgataacactgcggccaacttacttctgacaacgatcgg aggaccgaaggagctaaccgcttttttgcacaacatgggggatcatgtaactcgccttga tcgttgggaaccggagctgaatgaagccataccaaacgacgagcgtgacaccacgatgcc tgtagcaatggcaacaacgttgcgcaaactattaactggcgaactacttactctagcttc ccggcaacaattaatagactggatggaggcggataaagttgcaggaccacttctgcgctc ggcccttccggctggctggtttattgctgataaatctggagccggtgagcgtgggtctcg cggtatcattgcagcactggggccagatggtaagccctcccgtatcgtagttatctacac gacggggagtcaggcaactatggatgaacgaaatagacagatcgctgagataggtgcctc actgattaagcattggtaactgtcagaccaagtttactcatatatactttagattgattt aaaacttcatttttaatttaaaaggatctaggtgaagatcctttttgataatctcatgac caaaatcccttaacgtgagttttcgttccactgagcgtcagaccccgtagaaaagatcaa aggatcttcttgagatcctttttttctgcgcgtaatctgctgcttgcaaacaaaaaaacc accgctaccagcggtggtttgtttgccggatcaagagctaccaactctttttccgaaggt aactggcttcagcagagcgcagataccaaatactgtccttctagtgtagccgtagttagg ccaccacttcaagaactctgtagcaccgcctacatacctcgctctgctaatcctgttacc agtggctgctgccagtggcgataagtcgtgtcttaccgggttggactcaagacgatagtt accggataaggcgcagcggtcgggctgaacggggggttcgtgcacacagcccagcttgga gcgaacgacctacaccgaactgagatacctacagcgtgagctatgagaaagcgccacgct tcccgaagggagaaaggcggacaggtatccggtaagcggcagggtcggaacaggagagcg cacgagggagcttccagggggaaacgcctggtatctttatagtcctgtcgggtttcgcca cctctgacttgagcgtcgatttttgtgatgctcgtcaggggggcggagcctatggaaaaa cgccagcaacgcggcctttttacggttcctggccttttgctggccttttgctcacatgt pAAV-mLMNA- Cctgcaggcagctgcgcgctcgctcgctca2 SATI ctgaggccgcccgggcaaagcccgggcgtc gggcgacctttggtcgcccggcctcagtgagcgagcgagcgcgcagagagggagtggcca actccatcactaggggttcctgcggccgcacgcgtAAGGTCGGGCAGGAAGAGGGCCTAT TTCCCATGATTCCTTCATATTTGCATATACGATACAAGGCTGTTAGAGAGATAATTAGAA TTAATTTGACTGTAAACACAAAGATATTAGTACAAAATACGTGACGTAGAAAGTAATAAT TTCTTGGGTAGTTTGCAGTTTTAAAATTATGTTTTAAAATGGACTATCATATGCTTACCG TAACTTGAAAGTATTTCGATTTCTTGGCTTTATATATCTTGTGGAAAGGACGAAACACCG CCATAAGTGTCTAAGATTCGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCAAGTTAAAATAAGGCTAGTCC GTTATCAACTTGAAAAAGTGGCACCGAGTCGGTGCTTTTTTTCTAGACCCAGCTTTCTTG TACAAAGTTGGCGTTTAAACCCTGAATCTTAGACACTTATGGCCAGCCACAGGTCTCCCA AGTCCCCATCACTTGGTTGTCTGGGTACAGACAGAGGTCACCTTCCTGCCCAATGGCCAG GAAGCTCCAAGAGCCCACAGCCTAGGTGCCGGTCCTAAGAAGTCAGTCCCAAACTCGCTG TCCCTCCTGAGCCTTGTCTCCCTTCCCAGGGTTCCCACTGCAGCGGCTCGGGGGACCCCG CTGAGTACAACCTGCGCTCACGCACCGTGCTGTGCGGGACGTGTGGGCAGCCTGCTGACA AGGCTGCCGGTGGAGCGGGAGCCCAGGTGGGCGGATCCATCTCCTCTGGCTCTTCTGCCT CCAGTGTCACAGTCACTCGAAGCTTCCGCAGTGTGGGGGGCAGTGGGGGTGGCAGCTTCG GGGACAACCTAGTCACCCGCTCCTACCTCCTGGGCAACTCCAGTCCCCGGAGCCAGGTGA GTCATCTCTGCCCTACAGCAGGACACTGCTCACTGAGCAGCAGGGCAGGGCAGCCCAAGG GAGTGGGGTCCCCCTCCTTGCAGTCCCTCTTGCATCCTGCCCCTCCTGTCTGAACCCCAG ACTCGAGGTCAGGGCAAGGCCCAGAGTGTGAGGGTTGGGGAGACAACCCCCTTTGGGGTC AGGGAGGGAGAGGAAGGGCCAGCCACTGCTGCTCACACCTCTGCCTTCTCTTCTCTCTTA GAGCTCCCAGAACTGCAGCATCATGTAATCTGGGACCTGCCAGGCAGGGCTGGGGGCAGA GGCCACCTGCTCCCCCCTCACCACATGCCACCTCCTGTCTGCTCCTTAGGAGAGCAGGCC TGAAGCCAAAGAAAAATTTATCCCCTGCCTTTGGttttttttttttttcttctatttttt ttttctttttctaAGAGAAGTTATTTTCTACAGTGGTTTTATACTGAAGGAAAAACTCAA GCaaaaAaaaaaaaaaTCTTTATCTCAATCCTAAGTCCTTCCCCTTTCTTTCCTTGTATC TGCCTTAAAACCAAAGGGCTTCTCTAGGAGCCCAGGGAAAGGACTGCTTTTTATAGAGTC TAGATTTTTGTCCTGCTGCCTTGGCTTTACCCTCATCCCAGGACCCTGTGACAATGGTGC CTGAGAGGCAGGCATGGAGTTCTCTTCACCAGCCTCCTCCAACAGCTGGCCCACTGCCAC GCCAGCTGCAGAGAAATGGGGCGCAGAGAGGATGACTGAGAAGGTCAAGCCCCTCCCCGG CACTACACGAGGCCGAGGCTCCTCTGCCTGCCTTACCTTCTTCCTGCCCTTCCCTAGCCT GGGGCGAGTGGATTCCCAGAGGCAAATCTGCCGTGCTTGCTTTTTCTATATTTTATTTAG ACAAGAGATGGGAATGACGGGGAAGGAGAAGGGAAGATCAGTTTGAGCCTACCTTTTCCC AGCTTCTGAGCCTGGTGGGCTCTGTCTCAATGATGGAGGGCAATGTCAAGTGGGATACAG GGAAGAGTGGGGGACGAAGGCTCCCAGAGATGGGGAGAACCTGCTGGGGCTGGTGAGAAG TCTAGAGGTGCGGCGATTGGTGGCTACAGCAAACACTAAGGAACCCTTCACCCCATTTCC CATCTGCACCTCTGCTCTCCCCTCCAAATCAATACACTAGTTGTTTCCATCCCAGATGCT GTGGTGTCTCTTTGTTGGGTGTGATGTGTGTTTTCAGGGGCAGACACATGCACACAGAGG TGCCACACATTCACTATATATTCACTACCCAGCTATAAAGGTGTGTATGAGGGAGACTTC TAGAAAGGTCAGCATATGTGGGGTGAGCGAGGGGTGTCCTTCCTATCCCTCATCCATCCA GCACCTTTTAAAAGGGGCCAGCAATCCACATGTGCATCAGACACAGGAGCACAGAGAGAC GGAGGGTAGAGTAGGGGCCAGAAGTCCTGAATCTTAGACACTTATGGCGCTAGCacgcgt gtcagtgggcagagcgcacatcgcccacagtccccgagaagttggggggaggggtcggca attgaacgggtgcctagagaaggtggcgcggggtaaactgggaaagtgatgtcgtgtact ggctccgcctttttcccgagggtgggggagaaccgtatataagtgcagtagtcgccgtga acgttctttttcgcaacgggtttgccgccagaacacagctgaagcttcgaggggctcgca tctctccttcacgcgcccgccgccctacctgaggccgccatccacgccggttgagtcgcg ttctgccgcctcccgcctgtggtgcctcctgaactgcgtccgccgtctaggtaagtttaa agctcaggtcgagaccgggcctttgtccggcgctcccttggagcctacctagactcagcc ggctctccacgctttgcctgaccctgcttgctcaactctacgtctttgtttcgttttctg ttctgcgccgttacagatccaagctgtgaccggcgcgtcgacgccaccatggCAtatccg tatgatgtgccggattatgcggtgagcaagggcgaggaggataacatggccatcatcaag gagttcatgcgcttcaaggtgcacatggagggctccgtgaacggccacgagttcgagatc gagggcgagggcgagggccgcccctacgagggcacccagaccgccaagctgaaggtgacc aagggtggccccctgcccttcgcctgggacatcctgtcccctcagttcatgtacggctcc aaggcctacgtgaagcaccccgccgacatccccgactacttgaagctgtccttccccgag ggcttcaagtgggagcgcgtgatgaacttcgaggacggcggcgtggtgaccgtgacccag gactcctccctgcaggacggcgagttcatctacaaggtgaagctgcgcggcaccaacttc ccctccgacggccccgtaatgcagaagaagaccatgggctgggaggcctcctccgagcgg atgtaccccgaggacggcgccctgaagggcgagatcaagcagaggctgaagctgaaggac ggcggccactacgacgctgaggtcaagaccacctacaaggccaagaagcccgtgcagctg cccggcgcctacaacgtcaacatcaagttggacatcacctcccacaacgaggactacacc atcgtggaacagtacgaacgcgccgagggccgccactccaccggcggcatggacgagctg tacaagTccggactcagatctcgagaggaggaggaggagacagacagcaggatgccccac ctcgacagccccggcagctcccagccgagacgctccttcctctcaagggtgatcagggca gcgctaccgttgcagctgcttctgctgctgctgctgctcctggcctgcctgctacctgcc tctgaagatgactacagctgcacccaggccaacaactttgcccgatccttctaccccatg ctgcggtacaccaacgggccacctcccacctaggaattcAATAAAAGATCTTTATTTTCA TTAGATCTGTGTGTTGGTTTTTTGTGTgcacgtgcggaccgagcggccgcaggaacccct agtgatggagttggccactccctctctgcgcgctcgctcgctcactgaggccgggcgacc aaaggtcgcccgacgcccgggctttgcccgggcggcctcagtgagcgagcgagcgcgcag ctgcctgcaggggcgcctgatgcggtattttctccttacgcatctgtgcggtatttcaca ccgcatacgtcaaagcaaccatagtacgcgccctgtagcggcgcattaagcgcggcgggt gtggtggttacgcgcagcgtgaccgctacacttgccagcgccctagcgcccgctcctttc gctttcttcccttcctttctcgccacgttcgccggctttccccgtcaagctctaaatcgg gggctccctttagggttccgatttagtgctttacggcacctcgaccccaaaaaacttgat ttgggtgatggttcacgtagtgggccatcgccctgatagacggtttttcgccctttgacg ttggagtccacgttctttaatagtggactcttgttccaaactggaacaacactcaaccct atctcgggctattcttttgatttataagggattttgccgatttcggcctattggttaaaa aatgagctgatttaacaaaaatttaacgcgaattttaacaaaatattaacgtttacaatt ttatggtgcactctcagtacaatctgctctgatgccgcatagttaagccagccccgacac ccgccaacacccgctgacgcgccctgacgggcttgtctgctcccggcatccgcttacaga caagctgtgaccgtctccgggagctgcatgtgtcagaggttttcaccgtcatcaccgaaa cgcgcgagacgaaagggcctcgtgatacgcctatttttataggttaatgtcatgataata atggtttcttagacgtcaggtggcacttttcggggaaatgtgcgcggaacccctatttgt ttatttttctaaatacattcaaatatgtatccgctcatgagacaataaccctgataaatg cttcaataatattgaaaaaggaagagtatgagtattcaacatttccgtgtcgcccttatt cccttttttgcggcattttgccttcctgtttttgctcacccagaaacgctggtgaaagta aaagatgctgaagatcagttgggtgcacgagtgggttacatcgaactggatctcaacagc ggtaagatccttgagagttttcgccccgaagaacgttttccaatgatgagcacttttaaa gttctgctatgtggcgcggtattatcccgtattgacgccgggcaagagcaactcggtcgc cgcatacactattctcagaatgacttggttgagtactcaccagtcacagaaaagcatctt acggatggcatgacagtaagagaattatgcagtgctgccataaccatgagtgataacact gcggccaacttacttctgacaacgatcggaggaccgaaggagctaaccgcttttttgcac aacatgggggatcatgtaactcgccttgatcgttgggaaccggagctgaatgaagccata ccaaacgacgagcgtgacaccacgatgcctgtagcaatggcaacaacgttgcgcaaacta ttaactggcgaactacttactctagcttcccggcaacaattaatagactggatggaggcg gataaagttgcaggaccacttctgcgctcggcccttccggctggctggtttattgctgat aaatctggagccggtgagcgtgggtctcgcggtatcattgcagcactggggccagatggt aagccctcccgtatcgtagttatctacacgacggggagtcaggcaactatggatgaacga aatagacagatcgctgagataggtgcctcactgattaagcattggtaactgtcagaccaa gtttactcatatatactttagattgatttaaaacttcatttttaatttaaaaggatctag gtgaagatcctttttgataatctcatgaccaaaatcccttaacgtgagttttcgttccac tgagcgtcagaccccgtagaaaagatcaaaggatcttcttgagatcctttttttctgcgc gtaatctgctgcttgcaaacaaaaaaaccaccgctaccagcggtggtttgtttgccggat caagagctaccaactctttttccgaaggtaactggcttcagcagagcgcagataccaaat actgtccttctagtgtagccgtagttaggccaccacttcaagaactctgtagcaccgcct acatacctcgctctgctaatcctgttaccagtggctgctgccagtggcgataagtcgtgt cttaccgggttggactcaagacgatagttaccggataaggcgcagcggtcgggctgaacg gggggttcgtgcacacagcccagcttggagcgaacgacctacaccgaactgagataccta cagcgtgagctatgagaaagcgccacgcttcccgaagggagaaaggcggacaggtatccg gtaagcggcagggtcggaacaggagagcgcacgagggagcttccagggggaaacgcctgg tatctttatagtcctgtcgggtttcgccacctctgacttgagcgtcgatttttgtgatgc tcgtcaggggggcggagcctatggaaaaacgccagcaacgcggcctttttacggttcctg gccttttgctggccttttgctcacatgt pAAV-Cctgcaggcagctgcgcgctcgctcgctca 3 mTubb3GFP-ctgaggccgcccgggcaaagcccgggcgtc SATI gggcgacctttggtcgcccggcctcagtgagcgagcgagcgcgcagagagggagtggcca actccatcactaggggttcctgcggccgcacgcgtGCCAACTTTGTACAAGAAAGCTGGG TCTAGAAAAAAAGCACCGACTCGGTGCCACTTTTTCAAGTTGATAACGGACTAGCCTTAT TTTAACTTGCTATTTCTAGCTCTAAAACGGATAAATAGGTCAGCCTTCGGTGTTTCGTCC TTTCCACAAGATATATAAAGCCAAGAAATCGAAATACTTTCAAGTTACGGTAAGCATATG ATAGTCCATTTTAAAACATAATTTTAAAACTGCAAACTACCCAAGAAATTATTACTTTCT ACGTCACGTATTTTGTACTAATATCTTTGTGTTTACAGTCAAATTAATTCTAATTATCTC TCTAACAGCCTTGTATCGTATATGCAAATATGAAGGAATCATGGGAAATAGGCCCTCTTC CTGCCCGACCTTAGAGGGCGTTTAAACGGCTCCCCGGGCGCGACCCTGGATAAATAGGTC AGCCTTCGCCCAGGTCTTATCCCAGATCCCCATTCCCTGTTCAGAGCATCTGCAGCAGGG ACCCCCTGCACTCAACAGTGATGCCCAGGGTGGAATGAGATGTTATGCAGTGCAGACATT TTATAGAATACAAGGGAACCAACTTTCTTCTAGAGGAGAGAGCGGTTGGCAGGTCCTAGA GGTCTCTGCACTGTAAACCCCCGACCTTACCTCTTACCTGCCTCTTCTCTCCTCATAGGT CAGAGTGGTGCTGGCAACAACTGGGCCAAAGGGCACTATACGGAGGGCGCGGAGCTGGTG GACTCAGTCCTAGATGTCGTGCGGAAAGAGTGTGAGAATTGTGACTGCCTGCAGGGCTTC CAGCTGACACACTCACTGGGTGGGGGCACAGGCTCAGGCATGGGCACACTGCTCATCAGC AAGGTGCGTGAGGAGTACCCCGACCGCATCATGAACACCTTCAGCGTGGTGCCTTCACCC AAAGTGTCGGACACTGTGGTGGAGCCCTACAACGCCACCCTGTCCATCCACCAGCTAGTG GAGAACACAGACGAGACCTACTGCATCGACAATGAAGCCCTCTACGACATCTGCTTCCGC ACCCTCAAGCTGGCCACACCCACCTATGGGGACCTCAACCACCTTGTGTCTGCCACCATG AGTGGAGTCACCACCTCCCTTCGATTCCCTGGTCAGCTCAATGCCGACCTCCGCAAGCTG GCTGTGAACATGGTGCCGTTCCCACGTCTCCACTTCTTCATGCCCGGCTTCGCCCCACTT ACAGCCCGGGGCAGCCAGCAGTACCGTGCCCTGACGGTGCCTGAGCTCACGCAGCAGATG TTCGATGCCAAGAACATGATGGCTGCCTGTGACCCGCGCCACGGTCGCTACCTGACCGTG GCCACTGTCTTCCGTGGGCGCATGTCTATGAAGGAGGTGGACGAGCAGATGCTGGCCATC CAGAGTAAGAACAGCAGCTACTTCGTGGAGTGGATCCCCAACAACGTCAAGGTAGCCGTG TGTGACATCCCACCCCGTGGGCTCAAAATGTCATCCACCTTCATTGGCAACAGCACGGCC ATCCAGGAGCTGTTCAAACGCATCTCGGAGCAGTTCACAGCCATGTTCCGGCGCAAGGCC TTCCTGCACTGGTACACGGGCGAGGGCATGGATGAGATGGAGTTCACCGAGGCCGAGAGC AACATGAATGACCTGGTGTCCGAGTACCAGCAGTACCAGGACGCCACTGCGGAGGAGGAG GGGGAGATGTATGAAGATGATGACGAGGAATCGGAAGCCCAaGGGCCCAAGctggccgct gcaATGGTGAGCAAGGGCGAGGAGCTGTTCACCGGGGTGGTGCCCATCCTGGTCGAGCTG GACGGCGACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCAGCGTGTCCGGCGAGGGCGAGGGCGATGCCACC TAC’GGCAAGCTGACCCTGAAGTTCATCTGCACCACCGGCAAGCTGCCCGTGCCCTGGCC CACCCTCGTGACCACCCTGACCTACGGCGTGCAGTGCTTCAGCCGCTACCCCGACCACAT GAAGCAGCACGACTTCTTCAAGTCCGCCATGCCCGAAGGCTACGTCCAGGAGCGCACCAT CTTCTTCAAGGACGACGGCAACTACAAGACCCGCGCCGAGGTGAAGTTCGAGGGCGACAC CCTGGTGAACCGCATCGAGCTGAAGGGCATCGACTTCAAGGAGGACGGCAACATCCTGGG GCACAAGCTGGAGTACAACTACAACAGCCACAACGTCTATATCATGGCCGACAAGCAGAA GAACGGCATCAAGGTGAACTTCAAGATCCGCCACAACATCGAGGACGGCAGCGTGCAGCT CGCCGACCACTACCAGCAGAACACCCCCATCGGCGACGGCCCCGTGCTGCTGCCCGACAA CCACTACCTGAGCACCCAGTCCGCCCTGAGCAAAGACCCCAACGAGAAGCGCGATCACAT GGTCCTGCTGGAGTTCGTGACCGCCGCCGGGATCACTCTCGGCATGGACGAGCTGTACAA GTAAagttgctcgcagctggggtgtggggccaagtggcagccagggccaagacaagcagc atctgtcccccccagagccatctagctactgacactgcccccagctttgcttctcaccag ctcattagggctcccaggttaaagtccttcagtatttatggccacccccactccatgtga gtccacttggctctgtcctccccattttagccacctctgtatttatgttgcttattcgtc tgtttttatggtttgttttgtttttttactgggttgtgtttatattcggggggaggggta tacttaataaagttactgctgtctgtcagatacctctgcctggtattggagatttctttt tctttatctttttctgccaagagaaatgtagatctaaaaggggtgagaacaattaagggc tgtccttatctccccggctgctgacgaagatttgctcagtaagcggctcaggttgtatcc agggagtcagggaggggaactagagaaggaagctctgcgtggattaaattccactgcaga acccctggaatatcttttgactcagaaggcagcccaccctgttcctggtcttcccacaag gtgactcatatccagcattcttcctgctgtctacactgaaagtcaaatgtaagcagccat ataaagacgctgaaaccagagacttgaactggagagacggggaggggaagagaaaaaaac gcagggaaggctgggacttggcttttgagaagggctacctgagggctaggtggggctaac gaaataacgagggggggtggggtggggggcggcaaccgcggcagcggcagcggtggtcag gattcaaccctgtactggctccatgtgccccctagtggtggtttcccacaacttcagaat gccctgtatccagtcagtcagaaagcttgccgcctccagagaggcttgcccagcgttctc cctcctcctcagggagaagactaaaaccaagagagaccaactctttagagatccacagta agtgtacagagctgggtgaaagcagaacttctaaacccagacgctcgtctgcccactccc ttatggtcaagggtgttgtcaaagcttgagcccctaccctttgcttggtggcacctgaaa gaatCCTGGATAAATAGGTCAGCCTTCcacgtgcggaccgagcggccgcaggaaccccta gtgatggagttggccactccctctctgcgcgctcgctcgctcactgaggccgggcgacca aaggtcgcccgacgcccgggctttgcccgggcggcctcagtgagcgagcgagcgcgcagc tgcctgcaggggcgcctgatgcggtattttctccttacgcatctgtgcggtatttcacac cgcatacgtcaaagcaaccatagtacgcgccctgtagcggcgcattaagcgcggcgggtg tggtggttacgcgcagcgtgaccgctacacttgccagcgccctagcgcccgctcctttcg ctttcttcccttcctttctcgccacgttcgccggctttccccgtcaagctctaaatcggg ggctccctttagggttccgatttagtgctttacggcacctcgaccccaaaaaacttgatt tgggtgatggttcacgtagtgggccatcgccctgatagacggtttttcgccctttgacgt tggagtccacgttctttaatagtggactcttgttccaaactggaacaacactcaacccta tctcgggctattcttttgatttataagggattttgccgatttcggcctattggttaaaaa atgagctgatttaacaaaaatttaacgcgaattttaacaaaatattaacgtttacaattt tatggtgcactctcagtacaatctgctctgatgccgcatagttaagccagccccgacacc cgccaacacccgctgacgcgccctgacgggcttgtctgctcccggcatccgcttacagac aagctgtgaccgtctccgggagctgcatgtgtcagaggttttcaccgtcatcaccgaaac gcgcgagacgaaagggcctcgtgatacgcctatttttataggttaatgtcatgataataa tggtttcttagacgtcaggtggcacttttcggggaaatgtgcgcggaacccctatttgtt tatttttctaaatacattcaaatatgtatccgctcatgagacaataaccctgataaatgc ttcaataatattgaaaaaggaagagtatgagtattcaacatttccgtgtcgcccttattc ccttttttgcggcattttgccttcctgtttttgctcacccagaaacgctggtgaaagtaa aagatgctgaagatcagttgggtgcacgagtgggttacatcgaactggatctcaacagcg gtaagatccttgagagttttcgccccgaagaacgttttccaatgatgagcacttttaaag ttctgctatgtggcgcggtattatcccgtattgacgccgggcaagagcaactcggtcgcc gcatacactattctcagaatgacttggttg agtactcaccagtcacagaaaagcatcttacggat ggcatgacagtaagagaattatgcagtgctgccataaccatgagtgataacactgcggcc aacttacttctgacaacgatcggaggaccgaaggagctaaccgcttttttgcacaacatg ggggatcatgtaactcgccttgatcgttgggaaccggagctgaatgaagccataccaaac gacgagcgtgacaccacgatgcctgtagcaatggcaacaacgttgcgcaaactattaact ggcgaactacttactctagcttcccggcaacaattaatagactggatggaggcggataaa gttgcaggaccacttctgcgctcggcccttccggctggctggtttattgctgataaatct ggagccggtgagcgtgggtctcgcggtatcattgcagcactggggccagatggtaagccc tcccgtatcgtagttatctacacgacggggagtcaggcaactatggatgaacgaaataga cagatcgctgagataggtgcctcactgattaagcattggtaactgtcagaccaagtttac tcatatatactttagattgatttaaaacttcatttttaatttaaaaggatctaggtgaag atcctttttgataatctcatgaccaaaatcccttaacgtgagttttcgttccactgagcg tcagaccccgtagaaaagatcaaaggatcttcttgagatcctttttttctgcgcgtaatc tgctgcttgc ctggcttcagcagagcgcagataccaaatactgtccttctagtgtagccgtagttaggcc accacttcaagaactctgtagcaccgcctacatacctcgctctgctaatcctgttaccag tggctgctgccagtggcgataagtcgtgtcttaccgggttggactcaagacgatagttac cggataaggcgcagcggtcgggctgaacggggggttcgtgcacacagcccagcttggagc gaacgacctacaccgaactgagatacctacagcgtgagctatgagaaagcgccacgcttc ccgaagggagaaaggcggacaggtatccggtaagcggcagggtcggaacaggagagcgca cgagggagcttccagggggaaacgcctggtatctttatagtcctgtcgggtttcgccacc tctgacttgagcgtcgatttttgtgatgctcgtcaggggggcggagcctatggaaaaacg ccagcaacgcggcctttttacggttcctggccttttgctggccttttgctcacatgt pAAV-pLMNA- Cctgcaggcagctgcgcgctcgctcgctca 4SATI ctgaggccgcccgggcaaagcccgggcgtc gggcgacctttggtcgcccggcctcagtgagcgagcgagcgcgcagagagggagtggcca actccatcactaggggttcctgcggccgcacgcgtGCCAACTTTGTACAAGAAAGCTGGG TCTAGAAAAAAAGCACCGACTCGGTGCCACTTTTTCAAGTTGATAACGGACTAGCCTTAT TTTAACTTGCTATTTCTAGCTCTAAAACCCGTTTTCTGTGGCGTGCACGGTGTTTCGTCC TTTCCACAAGATATATAAAGCCAAGAAATCGAAATACTTTCAAGTTACGGTAAGCATATG ATAGTCCATTTTAAAACATAATTTTAAAACTGCAAACTACCCAAGAAATTATTACTTTCT ACGTCACGTATTTTGTACTAATATCTTTGTGTTTACAGTCAAATTAATTCTAATTATCTC TCTAACAGCCTTGTATCGTATATGCAAATATGAAGGAATCATGGGAAATAGGCCCTCTTC CTGCCCGACCTTAGAGGGCGTTTAAACGTGCACGCCACAGAAAACGGGGGCACTGTCCCT CCTTCCCAGTTGATTTTGCATGCCTGCTGCTCTGCAAGCTTGCTCACGCTCACCTTACCC TCTTAACCTTAGAGTAGCTTAGGACAGAGTCAAAGCCACAActcccattccctgccccta agtcttactgaccctccccctctttcctgtccgtcccccctctccctggctcccagggcc tctcaagccctgtcacccacccatcaagctctgtcgcccacccTAACATTGGTTAGAGTT ACTTGAGAGCAGAACGCCACCTTCCTGCCTAGAGCCTGCAGGAGCGCGGAGCCTGGGCGT TGGGCCTGAGCGCTCAGTCCCAGACCCGCCGTCCCGCCTGAGCCTTGTCTCCCTCCTCAG GGCTCCCATGGCAGCAGCTCGGGGGACCCCGCCGAGTACAACCTGCGCTCACGCACCGTG CTGTGTGGGACCTGCGGGCAGCCCGCCGACAAGGCGTCTGCCAGCAGCTCGGGAGCCCAG GTGGGCGGATCCATCTCCTCTGGCTCCTCCGCCTCCAGTGTCACAGTCACTCGCAGCTAC CGCAGTGTGGGGGGCAGTGGGGGTGGCAGCTTCGGGGACAACCTGGTCACCCGCTCCTAC CTCCTGGGCAACTCTAGACCCCGAACCCAGGTGAGTTGTCCCTCTATGTCCACAGCCCCT GGTCCTGTgggggtgggggggAGCGCCTTCTCCTCCGCAGCCCGGGGGAGTGGGAGCCTC CTCCCCGCAGCCCAATATCCTAGACAGTCACTCCTGCGTCCTGCCCCTCCTGTCTGAGCC CCAggctggagggcaggggcagggctgcagggaaggggagggcGGGTTTGGGCCTGGTAC CGCCACTCACATCTCTCCCCTTCTTTCTTCTCTCTTAGAGCCCCCAGAACTGCAGCATCA TGTAATCTGGGACCTGCCAGGCAGGGGTGGGGGTGGAGGCCTCCCGCTTCCTCCTCACCT CATGCCCACTCCTGCCCTACACCTCAAGGGAAGGGGCTTGAAGCCAAAGAAAAATACTCC TTTGGGttttttttttcttctatgttttttttttttttttttCTAAGAGAAGTTATTTTC TACAGTGGTTTTATATTGAAGGAAAAACACAAGCAAAGaaaaaaaaaaaGCATCTATCTC AAATTCCCCTTCCTTTTCCCTGCTTCCAGGAAACTCCACATCTGCCTTAAAACCAAAGAG GGGAGCCAAGGGAAAGGATGCTTTTACAGAGCCTAGTTTCTGCTTTTCTGTCCTGCCCGC CGCCCCCATCCCGGGGACCCTGTGACATGGTGCCTGAGAGGCAGGTGTGGAGTCTTCTCC GCCAGCCTCCAAGGGAGGAGGGCTGAGCCAGCCCCTGGGCCGGCCCCCATCATCCACTAC ACCTGGCTGAGGCTCCTCCGCCTGccccgtccccagtccccccctgcccccagccccGGG GTGACTCGTTTCTCCCAGGTACCAGCTGCACTTGCTTTTTCTGTATGTTATTTAGACAAG AGATGGGAATGAGGTGGGAGGTGGAAGGAGGGGGGAGAAAGGTGAGTTTGAGCCTGCCTT CACTTTGAgggggggTGGGCTCTGCCCAGTCACTGGAGGTCGAGGTCAAGTGGGTGTAGG AGGAGGGAGAGGGAGGCCTACCAGAAAGAGGAGAGCCTGCTGGGGCCCCACCGCAGAGGA AGAAAGTGAGAAGCGATGGAGGGTGTGCGGCTGTGGGTTTTGGCGAACACTAAGGAGCCC CCTTGCCTCGTGTTTCCCATCTGCATCCCTTCTCTCCTCCCCGAATCAATACACTAGTTG TTTCTATCCCTGGCTGCCGTGGTGTCTGTCTTTGTTGGTGAGCGTCACCGTGTGTCCTGA GGGGcacacacacgtgtgggcacgtgaacacacacacacacacacacacaAATGTTGCCT GGTCACCCGCATCCTGTGCACGCCACAGAAAACGGGGGGACCTAGGccattgacgtcaat aatgacgtatgttcccatagtaacgccaatagggactttccattgacgtcaatgggtgga gtatttacggtaaactgcccacttggcagtacatcaagtgtatcatatgccaagtacgcc ccctattgacgtcaatgacggtaaatggcccgcctggcattatgcccagtacatgacctt atgggactttcctacttggcagtacatctacgtattagtcatcgctattaccatggtcga ggtgagccccacgttctgcttcactctccccatctcccccccctccccacccccaatttt gtatttatttattttttaattattttgtgcagcgatgggggcggggggggggggggggcg cgcgccaggcggggcggggcggggcgaggggcggggcggggcgaggcggagaggtgcggc ggcagccaatcagagcggcgcgctccgaaagtttccttttatggcgaggcggcggcggcg gcggccctataaaaagcgaagcgcgcggcgggcgggagtcgctgcgcgctgccttcgccc cgtgccccgctccgccgccgcctcgcgccgcccgccccggctctgactgaccgcgttact cccacaggtgagcgggcgggacggcccttctcctccgggctgtaattagcgcttggttta atgacggcttgtttcttttctgtggctgcgtgaaagccttgaggggctccgggagggccc tttgtgcggggggagcggctcggggctgtccgcggggggacggctgccttcgggggggac ggggcagggcggggttcggcttctggcgtgtgaccggcggctctagagcctctgctaacc atgttcatgccttcttctttttcctacagctcctgggcaacgtgctggttattgtgctgt ctcatcattttggcaaagaattgGATCCGAATTCACCATGTCTAGACTGGACAAGAGCAA AGTCATAAACTCTGCTCTGGAATTACTCAATGAAGTCGGTATCGAAGGCCTGACGACAAG GAAACTCGCTCAAAAGCTGGGAGTTGAGCAGCCTACCCTGTACTGGCACGTGAAGAACAA GCGGGCCCTGCTCGATGCCCTGGCAATCGAGATGCTGGACAGGCATCATACCCACTTCTG CCCCCTGGAAGGCGAGTCATGGCAAGACTTTCTGCGGAACAACGCCAAGTCATTCCGCTG TGCTCTCCTCTCACATCGCGACGGGGCTAAAGTGCATCTCGGCACCCGCCCAACAGAGAA ACAGTACGAAACCCTGGAAAATCAGCTCGCGTTCCTGTGTCAGCAAGGCTTCTCCCTGGA GAACGCACTGTACGCTCTGTCCGCCGTGGGCCACTTTACACTGGGCTGCGTATTGGAGGA TCAGGAGCATCAAGTAGCAAAAGAGGAAAGAGAGACACCTACCACCGATTCTATGCCCCC ACTTCTGAGACAAGCAATTGAGCTGTTCGACCATCAGGGAGCCGAACCTGCCTTCCTTTT CGGCCTGGAACTAATCATATGTGGCCTGGAGAAACAGCTAAAGTGCGAAAGCGGCGGGCC GGCCGACGCCCTTGACGATTTTGACTTAGACATGCTCCCAGCCGATGCCCTTGACGACTT TGACCTTGATATGCTGCCTGCTGACGCTCTTGACGATTTTGACCTTGACATGCTCCCCGG GTAACTAAGTAAGCGGCCGCTAGGCCTCACCTGCGATCTCGATGCTTTATTTGTGAAATT TGTGATGCTATTGCTTTATTTGTAACCATTATAAGCTGCAATAAACAAGTTAACAACAAC AATTGCATTCATTTTATGTTTCAGGTTCAGGGGGAGGTGTGGGAGGTTTTTTAAACTAGT CCcacgtgcggaccgagcggccgcaggaacccctagtgatggagttggccactccctctc tgcgcgctcgctcgctcactgaggccgggcgaccaaaggtcgcccgacgcccgggctttg cccgggcggcctcagtgagcgagcgagcgcgcagctgcctgcaggggcgcctgatgcggt attttctccttacgcatctgtgcggtatttcacaccgcatacgtcaaagcaaccatagta cgcgccctgtagcggcgcattaagcgcggcgggtgtggtggttacgcgcagcgtgaccgc tacacttgccagcgccctagcgcccgctcctttcgctttcttcccttcctttctcgccac gttcgccggctttccccgtcaagctctaaatcgggggctccctttagggttccgatttag tgctttacggcacctcgaccccaaaaaacttgatttgggtgatggttcacgtagtgggcc atcgccctgatagacggtttttcgccctttgacgttggagtccacgttctttaatagtgg actcttgttccaaactggaacaacactcaaccctatctcgggctattcttttgatttata agggattttgccgatttcggcctattggttaaaaaatgagctgatttaacaaaaatttaa cgcgaattttaacaaaatattaacgtttacaattttatggtgcactctcagtacaatctg ctctgatgccgcatagttaagccagccccgacacccgccaacacccgctgacgcgccctg acgggcttgtctgctcccggcatccgcttacagacaagctgtgaccgtctccgggagctg catgtgtcagaggttttcaccgtcatcaccgaaacgcgcgagacgaaagggcctcgtgat acgcctatttttataggttaatgtcatgataataatggtttcttagacgtcaggtggcac ttttcggggaaatgtgcgcggaacccctatttgtttatttttctaaatacattcaaatat gtatccgctcatgagacaataaccctgataaatgcttcaataatattgaaaaaggaagag tatgagtattcaacatttccgtgtcgcccttattcccttttttgcggcattttgccttcc tgtttttgctcacccagaaacgctggtgaaagtaaaagatgctgaagatcagttgggtgc acgagtgggttacatcgaactggatctcaacagcggtaagatccttgagagttttcgccc cgaagaacgttttccaatgatgagcacttttaaagttctgctatgtggcgcggtattatc ccgtattgacgccgggcaagagcaactcggtcgccgcatacactattctcagaatgactt ggttgagtactcaccagtcacagaaaagcatcttacggatggcatgacagtaagagaatt atgcagtgctgccataaccatgagtgataacactgcggccaacttacttctgacaacgat cggaggaccgaaggagctaaccgcttttttgcacaacatgggggatcatgtaactcgcct tgatcgttgggaaccggagctgaatgaagccataccaaacgacgagcgtgacaccacgat gcctgtagcaatggcaacaacgttgcgcaaactattaactggcgaactacttactctagc ttcccggcaacaattaatagactggatggaggcggataaagttgcaggaccacttctgcg ctcggcccttccggctggctggtttattgctgataaatctggagccggtgagcgtgggtc tcgcggtatcattgcagcactggggccagatggtaagccctcccgtatcgtagttatcta cacgacggggagtcaggcaactatggatgaacgaaatagacagatcgctgagataggtgc ctcactgattaagcattggtaactgtcagaccaagtttactcatatatactttagattga tttaaaacttcatttttaatttaaaaggatctaggtgaagatcctttttgataatctcat gaccaaaatcccttaacgtgagttttcgttccactgagcgtcagaccccgtagaaaagat caaaggatcttcttgagatcctttttttctgcgcgtaatctgctgcttgcaaacaaaaaa accaccgctaccagcggtggtttgtttgccggatcaagagctaccaactctttttccgaa ggtaactggcttcagcagagcgcagataccaaatactgtccttctagtgtagccgtagtt aggccaccacttcaagaactctgtagcaccgcctacatacctcgctctgctaatcctgtt accagtggctgctgccagtggcgataagtcgtgtcttaccgggttggactcaagacgata gttaccggataaggcgcagcggtcgggctgaacggggggttcgtgcacacagcccagctt ggagcgaacgacctacaccgaactgagatacctacagcgtgagctatgagaaagcgccac gcttcccgaagggagaaaggcggacaggtatccggtaagcggcagggtcggaacaggaga gcgcacgagggagcttccagggggaaacgcctggtatctttatagtcctgtcgggtttcg ccacctctgacttgagcgtcgatttttgtgatgctcgtcaggggggcggagcctatggaa aaacgccagcaacgcggcctttttacggttcctggccttttgctggccttttgctcacat gt pMC-mLMNA-ACATTACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATGACATTA 5 SATI- CCCTGTTATCCCAGAtGACATTACCCTGTTDonorOnly ATCCCTAGATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCT AGATGACATTTACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAGATGACATTAC CCTGTTATCCCTAGATACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAGATGACATACCCTGTTATCCCTAGA TGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAGATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATACATTACCCTGT TATCCCAGATGACATACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAGATGACA TTACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAGATGACATACCCTGTTATCCC TAGATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAGATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATACATTACC CTGTTATCCCAGATGACATACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAGAT GACATTACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAGATGACATACCCTGTTA TCCCTAGATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAGATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATACAT TACCCTGTTATCCCAGATGACATACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCC AGATAAACTCAATGATGATGATGATGATGGTCGAGACTCAGCGGCCGCGGTGCCAGGGCG TGCCCTTGGGCTCCCCGGGCGCGACCCTGAATCTTAGACACTTATGGCCAGCCACAGGTC TCCCAAGTCCCCATCACTTGGTTGTCTGGGTACAGACAGAGGTCACCTTCCTGCCCAATG GCCAGGAAGCTCCAAGAGCCCACAGCCTAGGTGCCGGTCCTAAGAAGTCAGTCCCAAACT CGCTGTCCCTCCTGAGCCTTGTCTCCCTTCCCAGGGTTCCCACTGCAGCGGCTCGGGGGA CCCCGCTGAGTACAACCTGCGCTCACGCACCGTGCTGTGCGGGACGTGTGGGCAGCCTGC TGACAAGGCTGCCGGTGGAGCGGGAGCCCAGGTGGGCGGATCCATCTCCTCTGGCTCTTC TGCCTCCAGTGTCACAGTCACTCGAAGCTTCCGCAGTGTGGGGGGCAGTGGGGGTGGCAG CTTCGGGGACAACCTAGTCACCCGCTCCTACCTCCTGGGCAACTCCAGTCCCCGGAGCCA GGTGAGTCATCTCTGCCCTACAGCAGGACACTGCTCACTGAGCAGCAGGGCAGGGCAGCC CAAGGGAGTGGGGTCCCCCTCCTTGCAGTCCCTCTTGCATCCTGCCCCTCCTGTCTGAAC CCCAGACTCGAGGTCAGGGCAAGGCCCAGAGTGTGAGGGTTGGGGAGACAACCCCCTTTG GGGTCAGGGAGGGAGAGGAAGGGCCAGCCACTGCTGCTCACACCTCTGCCTTCTCTTCTC TCTTAGAGCTCCCAGAACTGCAGCATCATGTAATCTGGGACCTGCCAGGCAGGGCTGGGG GCAGAGGCCACCTGCTCCCCCCTCACCACATGCCACCTCCTGTCTGCTCCTTAGGAGAGC AGGCCTGAAGCCAAAGAAAAATTTATCCCCTGCCTTTGGttttttttttttttcttctat tttttttttctttttctaAGAGAAGTTATTTTCTACAGTGGTTTTATACTGAAGGAAAAA CTCAAGCaaaaaaaaaaaaaaTCTTTATCTCAATCCTAAGTCCTTCCCCTTTCTTTCCTT GTATCTGCCTTAAAACCAAAGGGCTTCTCTAGGAGCCCAGGGAAAGGACTGCTTTTTATA GAGTCTAGATTTTTGTCCTGCTGCCTTGGCTTTACCCTCATCCCAGGACCCTGTGACAAT GGTGCCTGAGAGGCAGGCATGGAGTTCTCTTCACCAGCCTCCTCCAACAGCTGGCCCACT GCCACGCCAGCTGCAGAGAAATGGGGCGCAGAGAGGATGACTGAGAAGGTCAAGCCCCTC CCCGGCACTACACGAGGCCGAGGCTCCTCTGCCTGCCTTACCTTCTTCCTGCCCTTCCCT AGCCTGGGGCGAGTGGATTCCCAGAGGCAAATCTGCCGTGCTTGCTTTTTCTATATTTTA TTTAGACAAGAGATGGGAATGACGGGGAAGGAGAAGGGAAGATCAGTTTGAGCCTACCTT TTCCCAGCTTCTGAGCCTGGTGGGCTCTGTCTCAATGATGGAGGGCAATGTCAAGTGGGA TACAGGGAAGAGTGGGGGACGAAGGCTCCCAGAGATGGGGAGAACCTGCTGGGGCTGGTG AGAAGTCTAGAGGTGCGGCGATTGGTGGCTACAGCAAACACTAAGGAACCCTTCACCCCA TTTCCCATCTGCACCTCTGCTCTCCCCTCCAAATCAATACACTAGTTGTTTCCATCCCAG ATGCTGTGGTGTCTCTTTGTTGGGTGTGATGTGTGTTTTCAGGGGCAGACACATGCACAC AGAGGTGCCACACATTCACTATATATTCACTACCCAGCTATAAAGGTGTGTATGAGGGAG ACTTCTAGAAAGGTCAGCATATGTGGGGTGAGCGAGGGGTGTCCTTCCTATCCCTCATCC ATCCAGCACCTTTTAAAAGGGGCCAGCAATCCACATGTGCATCAGACACAGGAGCACAGA GAGACGGAGGGTAGAGTAGGGGCCAGAAGTGGGCCCGCCCCAACTGGGGTAACCTTTGAG TTCTCTCAGTTGGGGGTAATCAGCATCATGATGTGGTACCACATCATGATGCTGATTATA AGAATGCGGCCGCCACACTCTAGTGGATCTCGAGTTAATAATTCAGAAGAACTCGTCAAG AAGGCGATAGAAGGCGATGCGCTGCGAATCGGGAGCGGCGATACCGTAAAGCACGAGGAA GCGGTCAGCCCATTCGCCGCCAAGCTCTTCAGCAATATCACGGGTAGCCAACGCTATGTC CTGATAGCGGTCCGCCACACCCAGCCGGCCACAGTCGATGAATCCAGAAAAGCGGCCATT TTCCACCATGATATTCGGCAAGCAGGCATCGCCATGGGTCACGACGAGATCCTCGCCGTC GGGCATGCTCGCCTTGAGCCTGGCGAACAGTTCGGCTGGCGCGAGCCCCTGATGCTCTTC GTCCAGATCATCCTGATCGACAAGACCGGCTTCCATCCGAGTACGTGCTCGCTCGATGCG ATGTTTCGCTTGGTGGTCGAATGGGCAGGTAGCCGGATCAAGCGTATGCAGCCGCCGCAT TGCATCAGCCATGATGGATACTTTCTCGGCAGGAGCAAGGTGTAGATGACATGGAGATCC TGCCCCGGCACTTCGCCCAATAGCAGCCAGTCCCTTCCCGCTTCAGTGACAACGTCGAGC ACAGCTGCGCAAGGAACGCCCGTCGTGGCCAGCCACGATAGCCGCGCTGCCTCGTCTTGC AGTTCATTCAGGGCACCGGACAGGTCGGTCTTGACAAAAAGAACCGGGCGCCCCTGCGCT GACAGCCGGAACACGGCGGCATCAGAGCAGCCGATTGTCTGTTGTGCCCAGTCATAGCCG AATAGCCTCTCCACCCAAGCGGCCGGAGAACCTGCGTGCAATCCATCTTGTTCAATCATG CGAAACGATCCTCATCCTGTCTCTTGATCAGAGCTTGATCCCCTGCGCCATCAGATCCTT GGCGGCGAGAAAGCCATCCAGTTTACTTTGCAGGGCTTCCCAACCTTACCAGAGGGCGCC CCAGCTGGCAATTCCGGTTCGCTTGCTGTCCATAAAACCGCCCAGTCTAGCTATCGCCAT GTAAGCCCACTGCAAGCTACCTGCTTTCTCTTTGCGCTTGCGTTTTCCCTTGTCCAGATA GCCCAGTAGCTGACATTCATCCGGGGTCAGCACCGTTTCTGCGGACTGGCTTTCTACGTG CTCGAGgggGgccAAACGGTCTCCAGCTTGGCTGTTTTGGCGGATGAGAGAAGATTTTCA GCCTGATACAGATTAAATCAGAACGCAGAAGCGGTCTGATAAAACAGAATTTGCCTGGCG GCAGTAGCGCGGTGGTCCCACCTGACCCCATGCCGAACTCAGAAGTGAAACGCCGTAGCG CCGATGGTAGTGTGGGGTCTCCCCATGCGAGAGTAGGGAACTGCCAGGCATCAAATAAAA CGAAAGGCTCAGTCGAAAGACTGGGCCTTTCGTTTTATCTGTTGTTTGTCGGTGAACGCT CTCCTGAGTAGGACAAATCCGCCGGGAGCGGATTTGAACGTTGCGAAGCAACGGCCCGGA GGGTGGCGGGCAGGACGCCCGCCATAAACTGCCAGGCATCAAATTAAGCAGAAGGCCATC CTGACGGATGGCCTTTTTGCGTTTCTACAAACTCTTTTGTTTATTTTTCTAAATACATTC AAATATGTATCCGCTCATGACCAAAATCCCTTAACGTGAGTTTTCGTTCCACTGAGCGTC AGACCCCGTAGAAAAGATCAAAGGATCTTCTTGAGATCCTTTTTTTCTGCGCGTAATCTG CTGCTTGCAAACAAAAAAACCACCGCTACCAGCGGTGGTTTGTTTGCCGGATCAAGAGCT ACCAACTCTTTTTCCGAAGGTAACTGGCTTCAGCAGAGCGCAGATACCAAATACTGTCCT TCTAGTGTAGCCGTAGTTAGGCCACCACTTCAAGAACTCTGTAGCACCGCCTACATACCT CGCTCTGCTAATCCTGTTACCAGTGGCTGCTGCCAGTGGCGATAAGTCGTGTCTTACCGG GTTGGACTCAAGACGATAGTTACCGGATAAGGCGCAGCGGTCGGGCTGAACGGGGGGTTC GTGCACACAGCCCAGCTTGGAGCGAACGACCTACACCGAACTGAGATACCTACAGCGTGA GCTATGAGAAAGCGCCACGCTTCCCGAAGGGAGAAAGGCGGACAGGTATCCGGTAAGCGG CAGGGTCGGAACAGGAGAGCGCACGAGGGAGCTTCCAGGGGGAAACGCCTGGTATCTTTA TAGTCCTGTCGGGTTTCGCCACCTCTGACTTGAGCGTCGATTTTTGTGATGCTCGTCAGG GGGGCGGAGCCTATGGAAAAACGCCAGCAACGCGGCCTTTTTACGGTTCCTGGCCTTTTG CTGGCCTTTTGCTCACATGTTCTTTCCTGCGTTATCCCCTGATTCTGTGGATAACCGTAT TACCGCCTTTGAGTGAGCTGATACCGCTCGCCGCAGCCGAACGACCGAGCGCAGCGAGTC AGTGAGCGAGGAAGCGGAAGAGCGCCTGATGCGGTATTTTCTCCTTACGCATCTGTGCGG TATTTCACACCGCATATGGTGCACTCTCAGTACAATCTGCTCTGATGCCGCATAGTTAAG CCAGTATACACTCCGCTATCGCTACGTGACTGGGTCATGGCTGCGCCCCGACACCCGCCA ACACCCGCTGACGCGCCCTGACGGGCTTGTCTGCTCCCGGCATCCGCTTACAGACAAGCT GTGACCGTCTCCGGGAGCTGCATGTGTCAGAGGTTTTCACCGTCATCACCGAAACGCGCG AGGCAGCAGATCAATTCGCGCGCGAAGGCGAAGCGGCATGCATAATGTGCCTGTCAAATG GACGAAGCAGGGATTCTGCAAACCCTATGCTACTCCGTCAAGCCGTCAATTGTCTGATTC GTTACCAATTATGACAACTTGACGGCTACATCATTCACTTTTTCTTCACAACCGGCACGG AACTCGCTCGGGCTGGCCCCGGTGCATTTTTTAAATACCCGCGAGAAATAGAGTTGATCG TCAAAACCAACATTGCGACCGACGGTGGCGATAGGCATCCGGGTGGTGCTCAAAAGCAGC TTCGCCTGGCTGATACGTTGGTCCTCGCGCCAGCTTAAGACGCTAATCCCTAACTGCTGG CGGAAAAGATGTGACAGACGCGACGGCGACAAGCAAACATGCTGTGCGACGCTGGCGAT pMC-mOct4- ACATTACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATGACATTA6 SATI CCCTGTTATCCCAGAtGACATTACCCTGTT ATCCCTAGATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATGACATTTACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATG ACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAGATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATACATTACCCTGTTA TCCCAGATGACATACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAGATGACATT ACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAGATGACATACCCTGTTATCCCTA GATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAGATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATACATTACCCT GTTATCCCAGATGACATACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAGATGA CATTACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAGATGACATACCCTGTTATC CCTAGATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAGATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATACATTA CCCTGTTATCCCAGATGACATACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAG ATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAGATGACATACCCTGT TATCCCTAGATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAGATAAACTCAATGATGATGATGATGATGG TCGAGACTCAGCGGCCGCGGTGCCAGGGCGTGCCCTTGGGCTCCCCGGGCGCGACTATCC AGCACTAGACGGGGTTCTGGCCCCCTTCCAGAGCCCCTTTCAGTAACCCCTGGCTCTGGG GCCACATCCAGTCAATGCTCCCTTAGCACAATCCCTTAGCGGTTTGTTCTTCAGTCCCAT CTCAAGGTGGGGCTGTTGCCAAGTCAAATACTAAAGTTGCTCTTGTCGCCCCCATCTTCC CCTGCCCAGATATGCAAATCGGAGACCCTGGTGCAGGCCCGGAAGAGAAAGCGAACTAGC ATTGAGAACCGTGTGAGGTGGAGTCTGGAGACCATGTTTCTGAAGTGCCCGAAGCCCTCC CTACAGCAGATCACTCACATCGCCAATCAGCTTGGGCTAGAGAAGGATGTGAGTGCCAAG ATCCTGCCCTGTGGTACCTGGATGTTTCCCTGTTCCCATTccccaccccccccacccccc cacccccACCGCCGCCACCGCTGACTGCAGCATCCCAGAGCTTATGATCTGATGTCCATC TCTGTGCCCATCCTAGGTGGTTCGAGTATGGTTCTGTAACCGGCGCCAGAAGGGCAAAAG ATCAAGTATTGAGTATTCCCAACGAGAAGAGTATGAGGCTACAGGGACACCTTTCCCAGG GGGGGCTGTATCCTTTCCTCTGCCCCCAGGTCCCCACTTTGGCACCCCAGGCTATGGAAG CCCCCACTTCACCACACTCTACTCAGTCCCTTTTCCTGAGGGCGAGGCCTTTCCCTCTGT TCCCGTCACTGCTCTGGGCTCTCCCATGCATTCAAACctggccgctgcaatgtatccgta tgatgtgccggattatgcggtgagcaagggcgaggaggataacatggccatcatcaagga gttcatgcgcttcaaggtgcacatggagggctccgtgaacggccacgagttcgagatcga gggcgagggcgagggccgcccctacgagggcacccagaccgccaagctgaaggtgaccaa gggtggccccctgcccttcgcctgggacatcctgtcccctcagttcatgtacggctccaa ggcctacgtgaagcaccccgccgacatccccgactacttgaagctgtccttccccgaggg cttcaagtgggagcgcgtgatgaacttcgaggacggcggcgtggtgaccgtgacccagga ctcctccctgcaggacggcgagttcatctacaaggtgaagctgcgcggcaccaacttccc ctccgacggccccgtaatgcagaagaagaccatgggctgggaggcctcctccgagcggat gtaccccgaggacggcgccctgaagggcgagatcaagcagaggctgaagctgaaggacgg cggccactacgacgctgaggtcaagaccacctacaaggccaagaagcccgtgcagctgcc cggcgcctacaacgtcaacatcaagttggacatcacctcccacaacgaggactacaccat cgtggaacagtacgaacgcgccgagggccgccactccaccggcggcatggacgagctgta caagTGAGGCACCAGCCCTCCCTGGGGATGCTGTGAGCCAAGGCAAGGGAGGTAGACAAG AGAACCTGGAGCTTTGGGGTTAAATTCTTTTACTGAGGAGGGATTAAAAGCACAACAGGG GTGGGGGGTGGGATGGGGAAAGAAGCTCAGTGATGCTGTTGATCAGGAGCCTGGCCTGTC TGTCACTCATCATTTTGTTCTTAAATAAAGACTGGGACACACAGTAGATAGCTGAATTTT GTTTTCCTTCAGTTCCTAGAGAGCCTGCGGTTGGAGAAAGCCAGTAATGGATTCTCAAAC CCCAGGTGATCTTCAAAACAGGCGCCATTGAAACCATTGGAGTTCCACAAAATGCCCAGG GATAGTTGGGGTTGGAGCCCAACCTATAGAGGAAGGCATTGCATATTCGCCATGGGCCCG CCCCAACTGGGGTAACCTTTGAGTTCTCTCAGTTGGGGGTAATCAGCATCATGATGTGGT ACCACATCATGATGCTGATTATAAGAATGCGGCCGCCACACTCTAGTGGATCTCGAGTTA ATAATTCAGAAGAACTCGTCAAGAAGGCGATAGAAGGCGATGCGCTGCGAATCGGGAGCG GCGATACCGTAAAGCACGAGGAAGCGGTCAGCCCATTCGCCGCCAAGCTCTTCAGCAATA TCACGGGTAGCCAACGCTATGTCCTGATAGCGGTCCGCCACACCCAGCCGGCCACAGTCG ATGAATCCAGAAAAGCGGCCATTTTCCACCATGATATTCGGCAAGCAGGCATCGCCATGG GTCACGACGAGATCCTCGCCGTCGGGCATGCTCGCCTTGAGCCTGGCGAACAGTTCGGCT GGCGCGAGCCCCTGATGCTCTTCGTCCAGATCATCCTGATCGACAAGACCGGCTTCCATC CGAGTACGTGCTCGCTCGATGCGATGTTTCGCTTGGTGGTCGAATGGGCAGGTAGCCGGA TCAAGCGTATGCAGCCGCCGCATTGCATCAGCCATGATGGATACTTTCTCGGCAGGAGCA AGGTGTAGATGACATGGAGATCCTGCCCCGGCACTTCGCCCAATAGCAGCCAGTCCCTTC CCGCTTCAGTGACAACGTCGAGCACAGCTGCGCAAGGAACGCCCGTCGTGGCCAGCCACG ATAGCCGCGCTGCCTCGTCTTGCAGTTCATTCAGGGCACCGGACAGGTCGGTCTTGACAA AAAGAACCGGGCGCCCCTGCGCTGACAGCCGGAACACGGCGGCATCAGAGCAGCCGATTG TCTGTTGTGCCCAGTCATAGCCGAATAGCCTCTCCACCCAAGCGGCCGGAGAACCTGCGT GCAATCCATCTTGTTCAATCATGCGAAACGATCCTCATCCTGTCTCTTGATCAGAGCTTG ATCCCCTGCGCCATCAGATCCTTGGCGGCGAGAAAGCCATCCAGTTTACTTTGCAGGGCT TCCCAACCTTACCAGAGGGCGCCCCAGCTGGCAATTCCGGTTCGCTTGCTGTCCATAAAA CCGCCCAGTCTAGCTATCGCCATGTAAGCCCACTGCAAGCTACCTGCTTTCTCTTTGCGC TTGCGTTTTCCCTTGTCCAGATAGCCCAGTAGCTGACATTCATCCGGGGTCAGCACCGTT TCTGCGGACTGGCTTTCTACGTGCTCGAGgggGgccAAACGGTCTCCAGCTTGGCTGTTT TGGCGGATGAGAGAAGATTTTCAGCCTGATACAGATTAAATCAGAACGCAGAAGCGGTCT GATAAAACAGAATTTGCCTGGCGGCAGTAGCGCGGTGGTCCCACCTGACCCCATGCCGAA CTCAGAAGTGAAACGCCGTAGCGCCGATGGTAGTGTGGGGTCTCCCCATGCGAGAGTAGG GAACTGCCAGGCATCAAATAAAACGAAAGGCTCAGTCGAAAGACTGGGCCTTTCGTTTTA TCTGTTGTTTGTCGGTGAACGCTCTCCTGAGTAGGACAAATCCGCCGGGAGCGGATTTGA ACGTTGCGAAGCAACGGCCCGGAGGGTGGCGGGCAGGACGCCCGCCATAAACTGCCAGGC ATCAAATTAAGCAGAAGGCCATCCTGACGGATGGCCTTTTTGCGTTTCTACAAACTCTTT TGTTTATTTTTCTAAATACATTCAAATATGTATCCGCTCATGACCAAAATCCCTTAACGT GAGTTTTCGTTCCACTGAGCGTCAGACCCCGTAGAAAAGATCAAAGACAAAAAAACCACC GCTACCAGCGGTGGTTTGTTTGCCGGATCAAGAGCTACCAACTCTTTTTCCGAAGGTAAC TGGCTTCAGCAGAGCGCAGATACCAAATACTGTCCTTCTAGTGTAGCCGTAGTTAGGCCA CCACTTCAAGAACTCTGTAGCACCGCCTACATACCTCGCTCTGCTAATCCTGTTACCAGT GGCTGCTGCCAGTGGCGATAAGTCGTGTCTTACCGGGTTGGACTCAAGACGATAGTTACC GGATAAGGCGCAGCGGTCGGGCTGAACGGGGGGTTCGTGCACACAGCCCAGCTTGGAGCG AACGACCTACACCGAACTGAGATACCTACAGCGTGAGCTATGAGAAAGCGCCACGCTTCC CGAAGGGAGAAAGGCGGACAGGTATCCGGTAAGCGGCAGGGTCGGAACAGGAGAGCGCAC GAGGGAGCTTCCAGGGGGAAACGCCTGGTATCTTTATAGTCCTGTCGGGTTTCGCCACCT CTGACTTGAGCGTCGATTTTTGTGATGCTCGTCAGGGGGGCGGAGCCTATGGAAAAACGC CAGCAACGCGGCCTTTTTACGGTTCCTGGCCTTTTGCTGGCCTTTTGCTCACATGTTCTT TCCTGCGTTATCCCCTGATTCTGTGGATAACCGTATTACCGCCTTTGAGTGAGCTGATAC CGCTCGCCGCAGCCGAACGACCGAGCGCAGCGAGTCAGTGAGCGAGGAAGCGGAAGAGCG CCTGATGCGGTATTTTCTCCTTACGCATCTGTGCGGTATTTCACACCGCATATGGTGCAC TCTCAGTACAATCTGCTCTGATGCCGCATAGTTAAGCCAGTATACACTCCGCTATCGCTA CGTGACTGGGTCATGGCTGCGCCCCGACACCCGCCAACACCCGCTGACGCGCCCTGACGG GCTTGTCTGCTCCCGGCATCCGCTTACAGACAAGCTGTGACCGTCTCCGGGAGCTGCATG TGTCAGAGGTTTTCACCGTCATCACCGAAACGCGCGAGGCAGCAGATCAATTCGCGCGCG AAGGCGAAGCGGCATGCATAATGTGCCTGTCAAATGGACGAAGCAGGGATTCTGCAAACC CTATGCTACTCCGTCAAGCCGTCAATTGTCTGATTCGTTACCAATTATGACAACTTGACG GCTACATCATTCACTTTTTCTTCACAACCGGCACGGAACTCGCTTGATCGTCAAAACCAA CATTGCGACCGACGGTGGCGATAGGCATCCGGGTGGTGCTCAAAAGCAGCTTCGCCTGGC TGATACGTTGGTCCTCGCGCCAGCTTAAGACGCTAATCCCTAACTGCTGGCGGAAAAGAT GTGACAGACGCGACGGCGACAAGCAAACATGCTGTGCGACGCTGGCGAT pMC-mTubb3- ACATTACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATGACATTA 7 LIKIGFPCCCTGTTATCCCAGAtGACATTACCCTGTT ATCCCTAGATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATGACATTTACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATG ACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAGATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATACATTACCCTGTTA TCCCAGATGACATACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAGATGACATT ACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAGATGACATACCCTGTTATCCCTA GATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAGATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATACATTACCCT GTTATCCCAGATGACATACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAGATGA CATTACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAGATGACATACCCTGTTATC CCTAGATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAGATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATACATTA CCCTGTTATCCCAGATGACATACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAG ATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCTAGATACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAGATGACATACCCTGT TATCCCTAGATGACATTACCCTGTTATCCCAGATAAACTCAATGATGATGATGATGATGG TCGAGACTCAGCGGCCGCGGTGCCAGGGCGTGCCCTTGGGCTCCCCGGGCGCGACCCTGG ATAAATAGGTCAGCCTTCGCCCAGGTCTTATCCCAGATCCCCATTCCCTGTTCAGAGCAT CTGCAGCAGGGACCCCCTGCACTCAACAGTGATGCCCAGGGTGGAATGAGATGTTATGCA GTGCAGACATTTTATAGAATACAAGGGAACCAACTTTCTTCTAGAGGAGAGAGCGGTTGG CAGGTCCTAGAGGTCTCTGCACTGTAAACCCCCGACCTTACCTCTTACCTGCCTCTTCTC TCCTCATAGGTCAGAGTGGTGCTGGCAACAACTGGGCCAAAGGGCACTATACGGAGGGCG CGGAGCTGGTGGACTCAGTCCTAGATGTCGTGCGGAAAGAGTGTGAGAATTGTGACTGCC TGCAGGGCTTCCAGCTGACACACTCACTGGGTGGGGGCACAGGCTCAGGCATGGGCACAC TGCTCATCAGCAAGGTGCGTGAGGAGTACCCCGACCGCATCATGAACACCTTCAGCGTGG TGCCTTCACCCAAAGTGTCGGACACTGTGGTGGAGCCCTACAACGCCACCCTGTCCATCC ACCAGCTAGTGGAGAACACAGACGAGACCTACTGCATCGACAATGAAGCCCTCTACGACA TCTGCTTCCGCACCCTCAAGCTGGCCACACCCACCTATGGGGACCTCAACCACCTTGTGT CTGCCACCATGAGTGGAGTCACCACCTCCCTTCGATTCCCTGGTCAGCTCAATGCCGACC TCCGCAAGCTGGCTGTGAACATGGTGCCGTTCCCACGTCTCCACTTCTTCATGCCCGGCT TCGCCCCACTTACAGCCCGGGGCAGCCAGCAGTACCGTGCCCTGACGGTGCCTGAGCTCA CGCAGCAGATGTTCGATGCCAAGAACATGATGGCTGCCTGTGACCCGCGCCACGGTCGCT ACCTGACCGTGGCCACTGTCTTCCGTGGGCGCATGTCTATGAAGGAGGTGGACGAGCAGA TGCTGGCCATCCAGAGTAAGAACAGCAGCTACTTCGTGGAGTGGATCCCCAACAACGTCA AGGTAGCCGTGTGTGACATCCCACCCCGTGGGCTCAAAATGTCATCCACCTTCATTGGCA ACAGCACGGCCATCCAGGAGCTGTTCAAACGCATCTCGGAGCAGTTCACAGCCATGTTCC GGCGCAAGGCCTTCCTGCACTGGTACACGGGCGAGGGCATGGATGAGATGGAGTTCACCG AGGCCGAGAGCAACATGAATGACCTGGTGTCCGAGTACCAGCAGTACCAGGACGCCACTG CGGAGGAGGAGGGGGAGATGTATGAAGATGATGACGAGGAATCGGAAGCCCAaGGGCCCA AGctggccgctgcaATGGTGAGCAAGGGCGAGGAGCTGTTCACCGGGGTGGTGCCCATCC TGGTCGAGCTGGACGGCGACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCAGCGTGTCCGGCGAGGGCGAGG GCGATGCCACCTACGGCAAGCTGACCCTGAAGTTCATCTGCACCACCGGCAAGCTGCCCG TGCCCTGGCCCACCCTCGTGACCACCCTGACCTACGGCGTGCAGTGCTTCAGCCGCTACC CCGACCACATGAAGCAGCACGACTTCTTCAAGTCCGCCATGCCCGAAGGCTACGTCCAGG AGCGCACCATCTTCTTCAAGGACGACGGCAACTACAAGACCCGCGCCGAGGTGAAGTTCG AGGGCGACACCCTGGTGAACCGCATCGAGCTGAAGGGCATCGACTTCAAGGAGGACGGCA ACATCCTGGGGCACAAGCTGGAGTACAACTACAACAGCCACAACGTCTATATCATGGCCG ACAAGCAGAAGAACGGCATCAAGGTGAACTTCAAGATCCGCCACAACATCGAGGACGGCA GCGTGCAGCTCGCCGACCACTACCAGCAGAACACCCCCATCGGCGACGGCCCCGTGCTGC TGCCCGACAACCACTACCTGAGCACCCAGTCCGCCCTGAGCAAAGACCCCAACGAGAAGC GCGATCACATGGTCCTGCTGGAGTTCGTGACCGCCGCCGGGATCACTCTCGGCATGGACG AGCTGTACAAGTAAagttgctcgcagctggggtgtggggccaagtggcagccagggccaa gacaagcagcatctgtcccccccagagccatctagctactgacactgcccccagctttgc ttctcaccagctcattagggctcccaggttaaagtccttcagtatttatggccaccccca ctccatgtgagtccacttggctctgtcctccccattttagccacctctgtatttatgttg cttattcgtctgtttttatggtttgttttgtttttttactgggttgtgtttatattcggg gggaggggtatacttaataaagttactgctgtctgtcagatacctctgcctggtattgga gatttctttttctttatctttttctgcccctcttaaaaaaaaaaaaaagacaaggatgac acggaagcatgtttcatagaaataaggtttatttttgtttcagggaagagaaatgtagat ctaaaaggggtgagaacaattaagggctgtccttatctccccggctgctgacgaagattt gctcagtaagcggctcaggttgtatccagggagtcagggaggggaactagagaaggaagc tctgcgtggattaaattccactgcagaacccctggaatatcttttgactcagaaggcagc ccaccctgttcctggtcttcccacaaggtgactcatatccagcattcttcctgctgtcta cactgaaagtcaaatgtaagcagccatataaagacgctgaaaccagagacttgaactgga gagacggggaggggaagagaaaaaaacgcagggaaggctgggacttggcttttgagaagg gctacctgagggctaggtggggctaacgaaataacgagggggggtggggtggggggcggc aaccgcggcagcggcagcggtggtcaggattcaaccctgtactggctccatgtgccccct agtggtggtttcccacaacttcagaatgccctgtatccagtcagtcagaaagcttgccgc ctccagagaggcttgcccagcgttctccctcctcctcagggagaagactaaaaccaagag agaccaactctttagagatccacagtaagtgtacagagctgggtgaaagcagaacttcta aacccagacgctcgtctgcccactcccttatggtcaagggtgttgtcaaagcttgagccc ctaccctttgcttggtggcacctgaaagaatGGGCCCGCCCCAACTGGGGTAACCTTTGA GTTCTCTCAGTTGGGGGTAATCAGCATCATGATGTGGTACCACATCATGATGCTGATTAT AAGAATGCGGCCGCCACACTCTAGTGGATCTCGAGTTAATAATTCAGAAGAACTCGTCAA GAAGGCGATAGAAGGCGATGCGCTGCGAATCGGGAGCGGCGATACCGTAAAGCACGAGGA AGCGGTCAGCCCATTCGCCGCCAAGCTCTTCAGCAATATCACGGGTAGCCAACGCTATGT CCTGATAGCGGTCCGCCACACCCAGCCGGCCACAGTCGATGAATCCAGAAAAGCGGCCAT TTTCCACCATGATATTCGGCAAGCAGGCATCGCCATGGGTCACGACGAGATCCTCGCCGT CGGGCATGCTCGCCTTGAGCCTGGCGAACAGTTCGGCTGGCGCGAGCCCCTGATGCTCTT CGTCCAGATCATCCTGATCGACAAGACCGGCTTCCATCCGAGTACGTGCTCGCTCGATGC GATGTTTCGCTTGGTGGTCGAATGGGCAGGTAGCCGGATCAAGCGTATGCAGCCGCCGCA TTGCATCAGCCATGATGGATACTTTCTCGGCAGGAGCAAGGTGTAGATGACATGGAGATC CTGCCCCGGCACTTCGCCCAATAGCAGCCAGTCCCTTCCCGCTTCAGTGACAACGTCGAG CACAGCTGCGCAAGGAACGCCCGTCGTGGCCAGCCACGATAGCCGCGCTGCCTCGTCTTG CAGTTCATTCAGGGCACCGGACAGGTCGGTCTTGACAAAAAGAACCGGGCGCCCCTGCGC TGACAGCCGGAACACGGCGGCATCAGAGCAGCCGATTGTCTGTTGTGCCCAGTCATAGCC GAATAGCCTCTCCACCCAAGCGGCCGGAGAACCTGCGTGCAATCCATCTTGTTCAATCAT GCGAAACGATCCTCATCCTGTCTCTTGATCAGAGCTTGATCCCCTGCGCCATCAGATCCT TGGCGGCGAGAAAGCCATCCAGTTTACTTTGCAGGGCTTCCCAACCTTACCAGAGGGCGC CCCAGCTGGCAATTCCGGTTCGCTTGCTGTCCATAAAACCGCCCAGTCTAGCTATCGCCA TGTAAGCCCACTGCAAGCTACCTGCTTTCTCTTTGCGCTTGCGTTTTCCCTTGTCCAGAT AGCCCAGTAGCTGACATTCATCCGGGGTCAGCACCGTTTCTGCGGACTGGCTTTCTACGT GCTCGAGgggGgccAAACGGTCTCCAGCTTGGCTGTTTTGGCGGATGAGAGAAGATTTTC AGCCTGATACAGATTAAATCAGAACGCAGAAGCGGTCTGATAAAACAGAATTTGCCTGGC GGCAGTAGCGCGGTGGTCCCACCTGACCCCATGCCGAACTCAGAAGTGAAACGCCGTAGC GCCGATGGTAGTGTGGGGTCTCCCCATGCGAGAGTAGGGAACTGCCAGGCATCAAATAAA ACGAAAGGCTCAGTCGAAAGACTGGGCCTTTCGTTTTATCTGTTGTTTGTCGGTGAACGC TCTCCTGAGTAGGACAAATCCGCCGGGAGCGGATTTGAACGTTGCGAAGCAACGGCCCGG AGGGTGGCGGGCAGGACGCCCGCCATAAACTGCCAGGCATCAAATTAAGCAGAAGGCCAT CCTGACGGATGGCCTTTTTGCGTTTCTACAAACTCTTTTGTTTATTTTTCTAAATACATT CAAATATGTATCCGCTCATGACCAAAATCCCTTAACGTGAGTTTTCGTTCCACTGAGCGT CAGACCCCGTAGAAAAGATCAAAGGATCTTCTTGAGATCCTTTTTTTCTGCGCGTAATCT GCTGCTTGCAAACAAAAAAACCACCGCTACCAGCGGTGGTTTGTTTGCCGGATCAAGAGC TACCAACTCTTTTTCCGAAGGTAACTGGCTTCAGCAGAGCGCAGATACCAAATACTGTCC TTCTAGTGTAGCCGTAGTTAGGCCACCACTTCAAGAACTCTGTAGCACCGCCTACATACC TCGCTCTGCTAATCCTGTTACCAGTGGCTGCTGCCAGTGGCGATAAGTCGTGTCTTACCG GGTTGGACTCAAGACGATAGTTACCGGATAAGGCGCAGCGGTCGGGCTGAACGGGGGGTT CGTGCACACAGCCCAGCTTGGAGCGAACGACCTACACCGAACTGAGATACCTACAGCGTG AGCTATGAGAAAGCGCCACGCTTCCCGAAGGGAGAAAGGCGGACAGGTATCCGGTAAGCG GCAGGGTCGGAACAGGAGAGCGCACGAGGGAGCTTCCAGGGGGAAACGCCTGGTATCTTT ATAGTCCTGTCGGGTTTCGCCACCTCTGACTTGAGCGTCGATTTTTGTGATGCTCGTCAG GGGGGCGGAGCCTATGGAAAAACGCCAGCAACGCGGCCTTTTTACGGTTCCTGGCCTTTT GCTGGCCTTTTGCTCACATGTTCTTTCCTGCGTTATCCCCTGATTCTGTGGATAACCGTA TTACCGCCTTTGAGTGAGCTGATACCGCTCGCCGCAGCCGAACGACCGAGCGCAGCGAGT CAGTGAGCGAGGAAGCGGAAGAGCGCCTGATGCGGTATTTTCTCCTTACGCATCTGTGCG GTATTTCACACCGCATATGGTGCACTCTCAGTACAATCTGCTCTGATGCCGCATAGTTAA GCCAGTATACACTCCGCTATCGCTACGTGACTGGGTCATGGCTGCGCCCCGACACCCGCC AACACCCGCTGACGCGCCCTGACGGGCTTGTCTGCTCCCGGCATCCGCTTACAGACAAGC TGTGACCGTCTCCGGGAGCTGCATGTGTCAGAGGTTTTCACCGTCATCACCGAAACGCGC GAGGCAGCAGATCAATTCGCGCGCGAAGGCGAAGCGGCATGCATAATGTGCCTGTCAAAT GGACGAAGCAGGGATTCTGCAAACCCTATGCTACTCCGTCAAGCCGTCAATTGTCTGATT CGTTACCAATTATGACAACTTGACGGCTACATCATTCACTTTTTCTTCACAACCGGCACG GAACTCGCTCGGGCTGGCCCCGGTGCATTTTTTAAATACCCGCGAGAAATAGAGTTGATC GTCAAAACCAACATTGCGACCGACGGTGGCGATAGGCATCCGGGTGGTGCTCAAAAGCAG CTTCGCCTGGCTGATACGTTGGTCCTCGCGCCAGCTTAAGACGCTAATCCCTAACTGCTG GCGGAAAAGATGTGACAGACGCGACGGCGACAAGCAAACATGCTGTGCGACGCTGGCGAT tGFP ctaaattgtaagcgttaatattttgttaaa 8attcgcgttaaatttttgttaaatcagctc attttttaaccaataggccgaaatcggcaaaatcccttataaatcaaaagaatagaccga gatagggttgagtgttgttccagtttggaacaagagtccactattaaagaacgtggactc caacgtcaaagggcgaaaaaccgtctatcagggcgatggcccactacgtgaaccatcacc ctaatcaagttttttggggtcgaggtgccgtaaagcactaaatcggaaccctaaagggag cccccgatttagagcttgacggggaaagccggcgaacgtggcgagaaaggaagggaagaa agcgaaaggagcgggcgctagggcgctggcaagtgtagcggtcacgctgcgcgtaaccac cacacccgccgcgcttaatgcgccgctacagggcgcgtcccattcgccattcaggctgcg caactgttgggaagggcgatcggtgcgggcctcttcgctattacgccagctggcgaaagg gggatgtgctgcaaggcgattaagttgggtaacgccagggttttcccagtcacgacgttg taaaacgacggccagtgagcgcgcgtaatacgactcactatagggcgaattggagctcca ccgcggtggcggccgctctagaactagtggatccgtgcccatcctggtcgagctggacgg cgacgtaaacggccacaagttcagcgtgtccggcgagggcgagggcgatgccacctacgg caagctgaccctgaagttcatctgcaccaccggcaagctgcccgtgccctggcccaccct cgtgaccaccctgacctacggcgtgcagtgcttcagccgctaccccgaccacatgaagca gcacgacttcttcaagtccgccatgcccgaaggctacgtccaggagcgcaccatcttctt caaggacgacggcaactacaagacccgcgccgaggtgaagttcgagggcgacaccctggt gaaccgcatcgagctgaagggcatcgacttcaaggaggacggcaacatcctggggcacaa gctggagtacaactacaacagccacaacgtctatatcatggccgacaagcagaagaacgg catcaaggtgaacttcaagatccgccacaacatcgaggacggcagcgtgcagctcgccga ccactaccagcagaacacccccatcggcgacggccccgtgctgctgcccgacaaccacta cctgagcacccagtccgccctgagcaaagaccccaacgagaagcgcgatcacatggtcct gctggagttcgtgaccgccgccgggatcactctcggcatggacgagctgtacaagtaaag cggccgcgtcgacgggcccgcggaattccgccccccccccctctccctccccccccccta acgttactggccgaagccgcttggaataaggccggtgtgcgtttgtctatatgttatttt ccaccatattgccgtcttttggcaatgtgagggcccggaaacctggccctgtcttcttga cgagcattcctaggggtctttcccctctcgccaaaggaatgcaaggtctgttgaatgtcg tgaaggaagcagttcctctggaagcttcttgaagacaaacaacgtctgtagcgacccttt gcaggcagcggaaccccccacctggcgacaggtgcctctgcggccaaaagccacgtgtat aagatacacctgcaaaggcggcacaaccccagtgccacgttgtgagttggatagttgtgg aaagagtcaaatggctctcctcaagcgtattcaacaaggggctgaaggatgcccagaagg taccccattgtatgggatctgatctggggcctcggtgcacatgctttacatgtgtttatg gccacaaccatgaccgagtacaagcccacggtgcgcctcgccacccgcgacgacgtcccc agggccgtacgcaccctcgccgccgcgttcgccgactaccccgccacgcgccacaccgtc gatccggaccgccacatcgagcgggtcaccgagctgcaagaactcttcctcacgcgcgtc gggctcgacatcggcaaggtgtgggtcgcggacgacggcgccgcggtggcggtctggacc acgccggagagcgtcgaagcgggggcggtgttcgccgagatcggcccgcgcatggccgag ttgagcggttcccggctggccgcgcagcaacagatggaaggcctcctggcgccgcaccgg cccaaggagcccgcgtggttcctggccaccgtcggcgtctcgcccgaccaccagggcaag ggtctgggcagcgccgtcgtgctccccggagtggaggcggccgagcgcgccggggtgccc gccttcctggagacctccgcgccccgcaacctccccttctacgagcggctcggcttcacc gtcaccgccgacgtcgaggtgcccgaaggaccgcgcacctggtgcatgacccgcaagccc ggtgcctgacgcccgccccacgacccgcagcgcccgaccgaaaggagcgcacgaccccat gcatcgataccgtcgacctcgagggggggcccggtacccagcttttgttccctttagtga gggttaattgcgcgcttggcgtaatcatggtcatagctgtttcctgtgtgaaattgttat ccgctcacaattccacacaacatacgagccggaagcataaagtgtaaagcctggggtgcc taatgagtgagctaactcacattaattgcgttgcgctcactgcccgctttccagtcggga aacctgtcgtgccagctgcattaatgaatcggccaacgcgcggggagaggcggtttgcgt attgggcgctcttccgcttcctcgctcactgactcgctgcgctcggtcgttcggctgcgg cgagcggtatcagctcactcaaaggcggtaatacggttatccacagaatcaggggataac gcaggaaagaacatgtgagcaaaaggccagcaaaaggccaggaaccgtaaaaaggccgcg ttgctggcgtttttccataggctccgcccccctgacgagcatcacaaaaatcgacgctca agtcagaggtggcgaaacccgacaggactataaagataccaggcgtttccccctggaagc tccctcgtgcgctctcctgttccgaccctgccgcttaccggatacctgtccgcctttctc ccttcgggaagcgtggcgctttctcatagctcacgctgtaggtatctcagttcggtgtag gtcgttcgctccaagctgggctgtgtgcacgaaccccccgttcagcccgaccgctgcgcc ttatccggtaactatcgtcttgagtccaacccggtaagacacgacttatcgccactggca gcagccactggtaacaggattagcagagcgaggtatgtaggcggtgctacagagttcttg aagtggtggcctaactacggctacactagaaggacagtatttggtatctgcgctctgctg aagccagttaccttcggaaaaagagttggtagctcttgatccggcaaacaaaccaccgct ggtagcggtggtttttttgtttgcaagcagcagattacgcgcagaaaaaaaggatctcaa gaagatcctttgatcttttctacggggtctgacgctcagtggaacgaaaactcacgttaa gggattttggtcatgagattatcaaaaaggatcttcacctagatccttttaaattaaaaa tgaagttttaaatcaatctaaagtatatatgagtaaacttggtctgacagttaccaatgc ttaatcagtgaggcacctatctcagcgatctgtctatttcgttcatccatagttgcctga ctccccgtcgtgtagataactacgatacgggagggcttaccatctggccccagtgctgca atgataccgcgagacccacgctcaccggctccagatttatcagcaataaaccagccagcc ggaagggccgagcgcagaagtggtcctgcaactttatccgcctccatccagtctattaat tgttgccgggaagctagagtaagtagttcgccagttaatagtttgcgcaacgttgttgcc attgctacaggcatcgtggtgtcacgctcgtcgtttggtatggcttcattcagctccggt tcccaacgatcaaggcgagttacatgatcccccatgttgtgcaaaaaagcggttagctcc ttcggtcctccgatcgttgtcagaagtaagttggccgcagtgttatcactcatggttatg gcagcactgcataattctcttactgtcatgccatccgtaagatgcttttctgtgactggt gagtactcaaccaagtcattctgagaatagtgtatgcggcgaccgagttgctcttgcccg gcgtcaatacgggataataccgcgccacatagcagaactttaaaagtgctcatcattgga aaacgttcttcggggcgaaaactctcaaggatcttaccgctgttgagatccagttcgatg taacccactcgtgcacccaactgatcttcagcatcttttactttcaccagcgtttctggg tgagcaaaaacaggaaggcaaaatgccgcaaaaaagggaataagggcgacacggaaatgt tgaatactcatactcttcctttttcaatattattgaagcatttatcagggttattgtctc atgagcggatacatatttgaatgtatttagaaaaataaacaaataggggttccgcgcaca tttccccgaaaagtgccac

TABLE 2 Replacement Sequences SEQ ID Name Sequence NO: CjPVCGaMP-CCTACTGTATCTTTTGCTTCATCACTCACT 9 SATI CTCTGGGTCTCCTGCAGCAGACGCAAGACC(forAAV) CCAAAGAAAGCACCACCCAGGGTCTCACAG TAAGGTGAACAGTCTCTTTTGCACCCCCGCCTCTGACTCACTTTCCTTTGTCATTTTCTT CTGCAGAATTCTCCACTCTGGTGGCTGAAAGC(N)_(n)GAAGCACTGACTGCCCCAGGTCTT CCACCTCTCTGCCCTGAACACCCAATCTCAGACCCTCTTACCACCCTCCTGCATTTCTGT TCAGTTTGTTTATGTTATTTTTTACTCCCCCCATCCCCTGTGATCCCCTAATGACACCAT TCTTCTGGAAAATGCTGGAGAAGCAATAAAGGCTGTACCAGTCAGACTCTGCATGCTCAG GAAGACCCAGGCCTGGTCAGGCACTGGCTTTCTAGATGCATCTGGGAGGGGGTGGGGGCC GGATTTCAACAGCTAGAAAAGATGTGATAGGAGGGAATGAAAGGGAACACCCTCTTTTCC ACActaagtactaagcatggcactctacagaggttacccacttactccccaaaaccaccc cataaggtaggtgatgaaactcccattctctgaaaaactaagtctcagagaggggaagtg agatgtctaagcccacaaaaacagaatttgttagtgttggggtttgaatgcaggtctgTA GATGGGTAGGtggatCCTACTGTATCTTTT GCTTCATCmLMNA-SATI GCCATAAGTGTCTAAGATTCGTTTTAGAGC 10 (for AAV)TAGAAATAGCAAGTTAAAATAAGGCTAGTC CGTTATCAACTTGAAAAAGTGGCACCGAGTCGGTGCTTTTTTTCTAGACCCAGCTTTCTT GTACAAAGTTGGCGTTTAAACCCTGAATCTTAGACACTTATGGCCAGCCACAGGTCTCCC AAGTCCCCATCACTTGGTTGTCTGGGTACAGACAGAGGTCACCTTCCTGCCCAATGGCCA GGAAGCTCCAAGAGCCCACAGCCTAGGTGCCGGTCCTAAGAAGTCAGTCCCAAACTCGCT GTCCCTCCTGAGCCTTGTCTCCCTTCCCAGGGTTCCCACTGCAGCGGCTCGGGGGACCCC GCTGAGTACAACCTGCGCTCACGCACCGTGCTGTGCGGGACGTGTGGGCAGCCTGCTGAC AAGGCTGCCGGTGGAGCGGGAGCCCAGGTGGGGGATCCATCTCCTCTGGCTCTTCTGCCT CCAGTGTCACAGTCACTCGAAGCTTCCGCAGTGTGGGGGGCAGTGGGGGTGGCAGCTTCG GGGACAACCTAGTCACCCGCTCCTACCTCCTGGGCAACTCCAGTCCCCGGAGCCAGGTGA GTCATCTCTGCCCTACAGCAGGACACTGCTCACTGAGCAGCAGGGCAGGGCAGCCCAAGG GAGTGGGGTCCCCCTCCTTGCAGTCCCTCTTGCATCCTGCCCCTCCTGTCTGAACCCCAG ACTCGAGGTCAGGGCAAGGCCCAGAGTGTGAGGGTTGGGGAGACAACCCCCTTTGGGGTC AGGGAGGGAGAGGAAGGGCCAGCCACTGCTGCTCACACCTCTGCCTTCTCTTCTCTCTTA GAGCTCCCAGAACTGCAGCATCATGTAATCTGGGACCTGCCAGGCAGGGCTGGGGGCAGA GGCCACCTGCTCCCCCCTCACCACATGCCACCTCCTGTCTGCTCCTTAGGAGAGCAGGCC TGAAGCCAAAGAAAAATTTATCCCCTGCCTTTGGttttttttttttttcttctatttttt ttttctttttctaAGAGAAGTTATTTTCTACAGTGGTTTTATACTGAAGGAAAAACTCAA GCaaaaaaaaaaaaaaTCTTTATCTCAATCCTAAGTCCTTCCCCTTTCTTTCCTTGTATC TGCCTTAAAACCAAAGGGCTTCTCTAGGAGCCCAGGGAAAGGACTGCTTTTTATAGAGTC TAGATTTTTGTCCTGCTGCCTTGGCTTTACCCTCATCCCAGGACCCTGTGACAATGGTGC CTGAGAGGCAGGCATGGAGTTCTCTTCACCAGCCTCCTCCAACAGCTGGCCCACTGCCAC GCCAGCTGCAGAGAAATGGGGCGCAGAGAGGATGACTGAGAAGGTCAAGCCCCTCCCCGG CACTACACGAGGCCGAGGCTCCTCTGCCTGCCTTACCTTCTTCCTGCCCTTCCCTAGCCT GGGGCGAGTGGATTCCCAGAGGCAAATCTGCCGTGCTTGCTTTTTCTATATTTTATTTAG ACAAGAGATGGGAATGACGGGGAAGGAGAAGGGAAGATCAGTTTGAGCCTACCTTTTCCC AGCTTCTGAGCCTGGTGGGCTCTGTCTCAATGATGGAGGGCAATGTCAAGTGGGATACAG GGAAGAGTGGGGGACGAAGGCTCCCAGAGATGGGGAGAACCTGCTGGGGCTGGTGAGAAG TCTAGAGGTGCGGCGATTGGTGGCTACAGCAAACACTAAGGAACCCTTCACCCCATTTCC CATCTGCACCTCTGCTCTCCCCTCCAAATCAATACACTAGTTGTTTCCATCCCAGATGCT GTGGTGTCTCTTTGTTGGGTGTGATGTGTGTTTTCAGGGGCAGACACATGCACACAGAGG TGCCACACATTCACTATATATTCACTACCCAGCTATAAAGGTGTGTATGAGGGAGACTTC TAGAAAGGTCAGCATATGTGGGGTGAGCGAGGGGTGTCCTTCCTATCCCTCATCCATCCA GCACCTTTTAAAAGGGGCCAGCAATCCACATGTGCATCAGACACAGGAGCACAGAGAGAC GGAGGGTAGAGTAGGGGCCAGAAGTCCTGAATCTTAGACACTTATGGC mTubb3GFP- CCTGGATAAATAGGTCAGCCTTCGCCCAGG 11 SATITCTTATCCCAGATCCCCATTCCCTGTTCAG (forAAV) AGCATCTGCAGCAGGGACCCCCTGCACTCAACAGTGATGCCCAGGGTGGAATGAGATGTT ATGCAGTGCAGACATTTTATAGAATACAAGGGAACCAACTTTCTTCTAGAGGAGAGAGCG GTTGGCAGGTCCTAGAGGTCTCTGCACTGTAAACCCCCGACCTTACCTCTTACCTGCCTC TTCTCTCCTCATAGGTCAGAGTGGTGCTGGCAACAACTGGGCCAAAGGGCACTATACGGA GGGCGCGGAGCTGGTGGACTCAGTCCTAGATGTCGTGCGGAAAGAGTGTGAGAATTGTGA CTGCCTGCAGGGCTTCCAGCTGACACACTCACTGGGTGGGGGCACAGGCTCAGGCATGGG CACACTGCTCATCAGCAAGGTGCGTGAGGAGTACCCCGACCGCATCATGAACACCTTCAG CGTGGTGCCTTCACCCAAAGTGTCGGACACTGTGGTGGAGCCCTACAACGCCACCCTGTC CATCCACCAGCTAGTGGAGAACACAGACGAGACCTACTGCATCGACAATGAAGCCCTCTA CGACATCTGCTTCCGCACCCTCAAGCTGGCCACACCCACCTATGGGGACCTCAACCACCT TGTGTCTGCCACCATGAGTGGAGTCACCACCTCCCTTCGATTCCCTGGTCAGCTCAATGC CGACCTCCGCAAGCTGGCTGTGAACATGGTGCCGTTCCCACGTCTCCACTTCTTCATGCC CGGCTTCGCCCCACTTACAGCCCGGGGCAGCCAGCAGTACCGTGCCCTGACGGTGCCTGA GCTCACGCAGCAGATGTTCGATGCCAAGAACATGATGGCTGCCTGTGACCCGCGCCACGG TCGCTACCTGACCGTGGCCACTGTCTTCCGTGGGCGCATGTCTATGAAGGAGGTGGACGA GCAGATGCTGGCCATCCAGAGTAAGAACAGCAGCTACTTCGTGGAGTGGATCCCCAACAA CGTCAAGGTAGCCGTGTGTGACATCCCACCCCGTGGGCTCAAAATGTCATCCACCTTCAT TGGCAACAGCACGGCCATCCAGGAGCTGTTCAAACGCATCTCGGAGCAGTTCACAGCCAT GTTCCGGCGCAAGGCCTTCCTGCACTGGTACACGGGCGAGGGCATGGATGAGATGGAGTT CACCGAGGCCGAGAGCAACATGAATGACCTGGTGTCCGAGTACCAGCAGTACCAGGACGC CACTGCGGAGGAGGAGGGGGAGATGTATGAAGATGATGACGAGGAATCGGAAGCCCAaGG GCCCAAG(N)_(n)agttgctcgcagctggggtgtggggccaagtggcagccagggccaagac aagcagcatctgtcccccccagagccatctagctactgacactgcccccagctttgcttc tcaccagctcattagggctcccaggttaaagtccttcagtatttatggccacccccactc catgtgagtccacttggctctgtcctccccattttagccacctctgtatttatgttgctt attcgtctgtttttatggtttgttttgtttttttactgggttgtgtttatattcgggggg aggggtatacttaataaagttactgctgtctgtcagatacctctgcctggtattggagat ttctttttctttatctttttctgcccctcttaaaaaaaaaaaaaagacaaggatgacacg gaagcatgtttcatagaaataaggtttatttttgtttcagggaagagaaatgtagatcta aaaggggtgagaacaattaagggctgtccttatctccccggctgctgacgaagatttgct cagtaagcggctcaggttgtatccagggagtcagggaggggaactagagaaggaagctct gcgtggattaaattccactgcagaacccctggaatatcttttgactcagaaggcagccca ccctgttcctggtcttcccacaaggtgactcatatccagcattcttcctgctgtctacac tgaaagtcaaatgtaagcagccatataaagacgctgaaaccagagacttgaactggagag acggggaggggaagagaaaaaaacgcagggaaggctgggacttggcttttgagaagggct acctgagggctaggtggggctaacgaaataacgagggggggtggggtggggggcggcaac cgcggcagcggcagcggtggtcaggattcaaccctgtactggctccatgtgccccctagt ggtggtttcccacaacttcagaatgccctgtatccagtcagtcagaaagcttgccgcctc cagagaggcttgcccagcgttctccctcctcctcagggagaagactaaaaccaagagaga ccaactctttagagatccacagtaagtgtacagagctgggtgaaagcagaacttctaaac ccagacgctcgtctgcccactcccttatggtcaagggtgttgtcaaagcttgagccccta ccctttgcttggtggcacctgaaagaatCCTGGATAAATAGGTCAGCCTTC pLMNA-SATI GTGCACGCCACAGAAAACGGGGGCACTGTC 12(for AAV) CCTCCTTCCCAGTTGATTTTGCATGCCTGC TGCTCTGCAAGCTTGCTCACGCTCACCTTACCCTCTTAACCTTAGAGTAGCTTAGGACAG AGTCAAAGCCACAActcccattccctgcccctaagtcttactgaccctccccctctttcc tgtccgtcccccctctccctggctcccagggcctctcaagccctgtcacccacccatcaa gctctgtcgcccacccTAACATTGGTTAGAGTTACTTGAGAGCAGAACGCCACCTTCCTG CCTAGAGCCTGCAGGAGCGCGGAGCCTGGGCGTTGGGCCTGAGCGCTCAGTCCCAGACCC GCCGTCCCGCCTGAGCCTTGTCTCCCTCCTCAGGGCTCCCATGGCAGCAGCTCGGGGGAC CCCGCCGAGTACAACCTGCGCTCACGCACCGTGCTGTGTGGGACCTGCGGGCAGCCCGCC GACAAGGCGTCTGCCAGCAGCTCGGGAGCCCAGGTGGGGGATCCATCTCCTCTGGCTCCT CCGCCTCCAGTGTCACAGTCACTCGCAGCTACCGCAGTGTGGGGGGCAGTGGGGGTGGCA GCTTCGGGGACAACCTGGTCACCCGCTCCTACCTCCTGGGCAACTCTAGACCCCGAACCC AGGTGAGTTGTCCCTCTATGTCCACAGCCCCTGGTCCTGTgggggtgggggggAGCGCCT TCTCCTCCGCAGCCCGGGGGAGTGGGAGCCTCCTCCCCGCAGCCCAATATCCTAGACAGT CACTCCTGCGTCCTGCCCCTCCTGTCTGAGCCCCAggctggagggcaggggcagggctgc agggaaggggagggcGGGTTTGGGCCTGGTACCGCCACTCACATCTCTCCCCTTCTTTCT TCTCTCTTAGAGCCCCCAGAACTGCAGCATCATGTAATCTGGGACCTGCCAGGCAGGGGT GGGGGTGGAGGCCTCCCGCTTCCTCCTCACCTCATGCCCACTCCTGCCCTACACCTCAAG GGAAGGGGCTTGAAGCCAAAGAAAAATACTCCTTTGGGttttttttttcttctatgtttt ttttttttttttttCTAAGAGAAGTTATTTTCTACAGTGGTTTTATATTGAAGGAAAAAC ACAAGCAAAGaaaaaaaaaaaGCATCTATCTCAAATTCCCCTTCCTTTTCCCTGCTTCCA GGAAACTCCACATCTGCCTTAAAACCAAAGAGGGGAGCCAAGGGAAAGGATGCTTTTACA GAGCCTAGTTTCTGCTTTTCTGTCCTGCCCGCCGCCCCCATCCCGGGGACCCTGTGACAT GGTGCCTGAGAGGCAGGTGTGGAGTCTTCTCCGCCAGCCTCCAAGGGAGGAGGGCTGAGC CAGCCCCTGGGCCGGCCCCCATCATCCACTACACCTGGCTGAGGCTCCTCCGCCTGcccc gtccccagtccccccctgcccccagccccGGGGTGACTCGTTTCTCCCAGGTACCAGCTG CACTTGCTTTTTCTGTATGTTATTTAGACAAGAGATGGGAATGAGGTGGGAGGTGGAAGG AGGGGGGAGAAAGGTGAGTTTGAGCCTGCCTTCACTTTGAgggggggTGGGCTCTGCCCA GTCACTGGAGGTCGAGGTCAAGTGGGTGTAGGAGGAGGGAGAGGGAGGCCTACCAGAAAG AGGAGAGCCTGCTGGGGCCCCACCGCAGAGGAAGAAAGTGAGAAGCGATGGAGGGTGTGC GGCTGTGGGTTTTGGCGAACACTAAGGAGCCCCCTTGCCTCGTGTTTCCCATCTGCATCC CTTCTCTCCTCCCCGAATCAATACACTAGTTGTTTCTATCCCTGGCTGCCGTGGTGTCTG TCTTTGTTGGTGAGCGTCACCGTGTGTCCTGAGGGGcacacacacgtgtgggcacgtgaa cacacacacacacacacacacaAATGTTGCCTGGTCACCCGCATCCTGTGCACGCCACAG AAAACGGGGG mLMNA-SATI-CCTGAATCTTAGACACTTATGGCCAGCCAC 13 Donor OnlyAGGTCTCCCAAGTCCCCATCACTTGGTTGT (for CTGGGTACAGACAGAGGTCACCTTCCTGCCminicircle) CAATGGCCAGGAAGCTCCAAGAGCCCACAGCCTAGGTGCCGGTCCTAAGAAGTCAGTCCC AAACTCGCTGTCCCTCCTGAGCCTTGTCTCCCTTCCCAGGGTTCCCACTGCAGCGGCTCG GGGGACCCCGCTGAGTACAACCTGCGCTCACGCACCGTGCTGTGCGGGACGTGTGGGCAG CCTGCTGACAAGGCTGCCGGTGGAGCGGGAGCCCAGGTGGGNGGATCCATCTCCTCTGGC TCTTCTGCCTCCAGTGTCACAGTCACTCGAAGCTTCCGCAGTGTGGGGGGCAGTGGGGGT GGCAGCTTCGGGGACAACCTAGTCACCCGCTCCTACCTCCTGGGCAACTCCAGTCCCCGG AGCCAGGTGAGTCATCTCTGCCCTACAGCAGGACACTGCTCACTGAGCAGCAGGGCAGGG CAGCCCAAGGGAGTGGGGTCCCCCTCCTTGCAGTCCCTCTTGCATCCTGCCCCTCCTGTC TGAACCCCAGACTCGAGGTCAGGGCAAGGCCCAGAGTGTGAGGGTTGGGGAGACAACCCC CTTTGGGGTCAGGGAGGGAGAGGAAGGGCCAGCCACTGCTGCTCACACCTCTGCCTTCTC TTCTCTCTTAGAGCTCCCAGAACTGCAGCATCATGTAATCTGGGACCTGCCAGGCAGGGC TGGGGGCAGAGGCCACCTGCTCCCCCCTCACCACATGCCACCTCCTGTCTGCTCCTTAGG AGAGCAGGCCTGAAGCCAAAGAAAAATTTATCCCCTGCCTTTGGttttttttttttttct tctattttttttttctttttctaAGAGAAGTTATTTTCTACAGTGGTTTTATACTGAAGG AAAAACTCAAGCaaaaaaaaaaaaaaTCTTTATCTCAATCCTAAGTCCTTCCCCTTTCTT TCCTTGTATCTGCCTTAAAACCAAAGGGCTTCTCTAGGAGCCCAGGGAAAGGACTGCTTT TTATAGAGTCTAGATTTTTGTCCTGCTGCCTTGGCTTTACCCTCATCCCAGGACCCTGTG ACAATGGTGCCTGAGAGGCAGGCATGGAGTTCTCTTCACCAGCCTCCTCCAACAGCTGGC CCACTGCCACGCCAGCTGCAGAGAAATGGGGCGCAGAGAGGATGACTGAGAAGGTCAAGC CCCTCCCCGGCACTACACGAGGCCGAGGCTCCTCTGCCTGCCTTACCTTCTTCCTGCCCT TCCCTAGCCTGGGGCGAGTGGATTCCCAGAGGCAAATCTGCCGTGCTTGCTTTTTCTATA TTTTATTTAGACAAGAGATGGGAATGACGGGGAAGGAGAAGGGAAGATCAGTTTGAGCCT ACCTTTTCCCAGCTTCTGAGCCTGGTGGGCTCTGTCTCAATGATGGAGGGCAATGTCAAG TGGGATACAGGGAAGAGTGGGGGACGAAGGCTCCCAGAGATGGGGAGAACCTGCTGGGGC TGGTGAGAAGTCTAGAGGTGCGGCGATTGGTGGCTACAGCAAACACTAAGGAACCCTTCA CCCCATTTCCCATCTGCACCTCTGCTCTCCCCTCCAAATCAATACACTAGTTGTTTCCAT CCCAGATGCTGTGGTGTCTCTTTGTTGGGTGTGATGTGTGTTTTCAGGGGCAGACACATG CACACAGAGGTGCCACACATTCACTATATATTCACTACCCAGCTATAAAGGTGTGTATGA GGGAGACTTCTAGAAAGGTCAGCATATGTGGGGTGAGCGAGGGGTGTCCTTCCTATCCCT CATCCATCCAGCACCTTTTAAAAGGGGCCAGCAATCCACATGTGCATCAGACACAGGAGC ACAGAGAGACGGAGGGTAGAGTAGGGGCCAGAAGTGGGCCCGCCCCAACTGGGGTAACCT TTGGGCTCCCCGGGCGCGAC mOct4-SATI CCAGCACTAGACGGGGTTCTGGCCCCCTTC 14 (for CAGAGCCCCTTTCAGTAACCCCTGGCTCTGminicircle) GGGCCACATCCAGTCAATGCTCCCTTAGCACAATCCCTTAGCGGTTTGTTCTTCAGTCCC ATCTCAAGGTGGGGCTGTTGCCAAGTCAAATACTAAAGTTGCTCTTGTCGCCCCCATCTT CCCCTGCCCAGATATGCAAATCGGAGACCCTGGTGCAGGCCCGGAAGAGAAAGCGAACTA GCATTGAGAACCGTGTGAGGTGGAGTCTGGAGACCATGTTTCTGAAGTGCCCGAAGCCCT CCCTACAGCAGATCACTCACATCGCCAATCAGCTTGGGCTAGAGAAGGATGTGAGTGCCA AGATCCTGCCCTGTGGTACCTGGATGTTTCCCTGTTCCCATTccccaccccccccacccc cccacccccACCGCCGCCACCGCTGACTGCAGCATCCCAGAGCTTATGATCTGATGTCCA TCTCTGTGCCCATCCTAGGTGGTTCGAGTATGGTTCTGTAACCGGCGCCAGAAGGGCAAA AGATCAAGTATTGAGTATTCCCAACGAGAAGAGTATGAGGCTACAGGGACACCTTTCCCA GGGGGGGCTGTATCCTTTCCTCTGCCCCCAGGTCCCCACTTTGGCACCCCAGGCTATGGA AGCCCCCACTTCACCACACTCTACTCAGTCCCTTTTCCTGAGGGCGAGGCCTTTCCCTCT GTTCCCGTCACTGCTCTGGGCTCTCCCATGCATTCAAAC(N)_(n)TGAGGCACCAGCCCTCC CTGGGGATGCTGTGAGCCAAGGCAAGGGAGGTAGACAAGAGAACCTGGAGCTTTGGGGTT AAATTCTTTTACTGAGGAGGGATTAAAAGCACAACAGGGGTGGGGGGTGGGATGGGGAAA GAAGCTCAGTGATGCTGTTGATCAGGAGCCTGGCCTGTCTGTCACTCATCATTTTGTTCT TAAATAAAGACTGGGACACACAGTAGATAGCTGAATTTTGTTTTCCTTCAGTTCCTAGAG AGCCTGCGGTTGGAGAAAGCCAGTAATGGATTCTCAAACCCCAGGTGATCTTCAAAACAG GCGCCATTGAAACCATTGGAGTTCCACAAAATGCCCAGGGATAGTTGGGGTTGGAGCCCA ACCTATAGAGGAAGGCATTGCATATTCGCCATGGGCCCGCCCCAACTGGGGTAACCTTTG GGCTCCCCGGGCGCGACTAT mTubb3-CCTGGATAAATAGGTCAGCCTTCGCCCAGG 15 LIKIGFP TCTTATCCCAGATCCCCATTCCCTGTTCAG (for AGCATCTGCAGCAGGGACCCCCTGCACTCAminicircle) ACAGTGATGCCCAGGGTGGAATGAGATGTTATGCAGTGCAGACATTTTATAGAATACAAG GGAACCAACTTTCTTCTAGAGGAGAGAGCGGTTGGCAGGTCCTAGAGGTCTCTGCACTGT AAACCCCCGACCTTACCTCTTACCTGCCTCTTCTCTCCTCATAGGTCAGAGTGGTGCTGG CAACAACTGGGCCAAAGGGCACTATACGGAGGGCGCGGAGCTGGTGGACTCAGTCCTAGA TGTCGTGCGGAAAGAGTGTGAGAATTGTGACTGCCTGCAGGGCTTCCAGCTGACACACTC ACTGGGTGGGGGCACAGGCTCAGGCATGGGCACACTGCTCATCAGCAAGGTGCGTGAGGA GTACCCCGACCGCATCATGAACACCTTCAGCGTGGTGCCTTCACCCAAAGTGTCGGACAC TGTGGTGGAGCCCTACAACGCCACCCTGTCCATCCACCAGCTAGTGGAGAACACAGACGA GACCTACTGCATCGACAATGAAGCCCTCTACGACATCTGCTTCCGCACCCTCAAGCTGGC CACACCCACCTATGGGGACCTCAACCACCTTGTGTCTGCCACCATGAGTGGAGTCACCAC CTCCCTTCGATTCCCTGGTCAGCTCAATGCCGACCTCCGCAAGCTGGCTGTGAACATGGT GCCGTTCCCACGTCTCCACTTCTTCATGCCCGGCTTCGCCCCACTTACAGCCCGGGGCAG CCAGCAGTACCGTGCCCTGACGGTGCCTGAGCTCACGCAGCAGATGTTCGATGCCAAGAA CATGATGGCTGCCTGTGACCCGCGCCACGGTCGCTACCTGACCGTGGCCACTGTCTTCCG TGGGCGCATGTCTATGAAGGAGGTGGACGAGCAGATGCTGGCCATCCAGAGTAAGAACAG CAGCTACTTCGTGGAGTGGATCCCCAACAACGTCAAGGTAGCCGTGTGTGACATCCCACC CCGTGGGCTCAAAATGTCATCCACCTTCATTGGCAACAGCACGGCCATCCAGGAGCTGTT CAAACGCATCTCGGAGCAGTTCACAGCCATGTTCCGGCGCAAGGCCTTCCTGCACTGGTA CACGGGCGAGGGCATGGATGAGATGGAGTTCACCGAGGCCGAGAGCAACATGAATGACCT GGTGTCCGAGTACCAGCAGTACCAGGACGCCACTGCGGAGGAGGAGGGGGAGATGTATGA AGATGATGACGAGGAATCGGAAGCCCAaGGGCCCAAG(N)_(n)agttgctcgcagctggggt gtggggccaagtggcagccagggccaagacaagcagcatctgtcccccccagagccatct agctactgacactgcccccagctttgcttctcaccagctcattagggctcccaggttaaa gtccttcagtatttatggccacccccactccatgtgagtccacttggctctgtcctcccc attttagccacctctgtatttatgttgcttattcgtctgtttttatggtttgttttgttt ttttactgggttgtgtttatattcggggggaggggtatacttaataaagttactgctgtc tgtcagatacctctgcctggtattggagatttctttttctttatctttttctgcccctct taaaaaaaaaaaaaagacaaggatgacacggaagcatgtttcatagaaataaggtttatt tttgtttcagggaagagaaatgtagatctaaaaggggtgagaacaattaagggctgtcct tatctccccggctgctgacgaagatttgctcagtaagcggctcaggttgtatccagggag tcagggaggggaactagagaaggaagctctgcgtggattaaattccactgcagaacccct ggaatatcttttgactcagaaggcagcccaccctgttcctggtcttcccacaaggtgact catatccagcattcttcctgctgtctacactgaaagtcaaatgtaagcagccatataaag acgctgaaaccagagacttgaactggagagacggggaggggaagagaaaaaaacgcaggg aaggctgggacttggcttttgagaagggctacctgagggctaggtggggctaacgaaata acgagggggggtggggtggggggcggcaaccgcggcagcggcagcggtggtcaggattca accctgtactggctccatgtgccccctagtggtggtttcccacaacttcagaatgccctg tatccagtcagtcagaaagcttgccgcctccagagaggcttgcccagcgttctccctcct cctcagggagaagactaaaaccaagagagaccaactctttagagatccacagtaagtgta cagagctgggtgaaagcagaacttctaaacccagacgctcgtctgcccactcccttatgg tcaagggtgttgtcaaagcttgagcccctaccctttgcttggtggcacctgaaagaatGG GCCCGCCCCAACTGGGGTAACCTTTGGGCTCCCCGGGCGCGAC (N)_(n) is used to represent any sequence.

TABLE 2 Guide Sequences SEQ ID Name Sequence NO: pAAV-GATGAAGCAAAAGATACAGTAGG 16 CjPVGCaMP- SATI tGFPG(or C)AGCTCGACCAGGATGGGCACGG 17 pAAV-pLMNA- GTGCACGCCACAGAAAACGGGGG 18SATI pAAV-mLMNA- G(or C)CCATAAGTGTCTAAGATTCAGG 19 SATI pMC-mLMNA-G(or C)CCATAAGTGTCTAAGATTCAGG 20 SATI-Donor pMC-mOct4-G(or C)CCCAGAACCCCGTCTAGTGCTGG 21 SATI pMC-mTubb3-GAAGGCTGACCTATTTATCCAGG 22 LIKIGFP pAAV- GAAGGCTGACCTATTTATCCAGG 23mTubb3GFP- SATI

Nucleases

In some embodiments, nucleases are used in methods and compositionsherein. Nucleases recognizing a targeting sequence are known by those ofskill in the art and include, but are not limited to, zinc fingernucleases (ZFN), transcription activator-like effector nucleases(TALEN), clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats(CRISPR) nucleases, and meganucleases. Nucleases found in compositionsand useful in methods disclosed herein are described in more detailbelow.

Zinc Linger Nucleases (ZFNs)

“Zinc finger nucleases” or “ZFNs” are a fusion between the cleavagedomain of FokI and a DNA recognition domain containing 3 or more zincfinger motifs. The heterodimerization at a particular position in theDNA of two individual ZFNs in precise orientation and spacing leads to adouble-strand break in the DNA. In some cases, ZFNs fuse a cleavagedomain to the C-terminus of each zinc finger domain. In order to allowthe two cleavage domains to dimerize and cleave DNA, the two individualZFNs bind opposite strands of DNA with their C-termini at a certaindistance apart. In some cases, linker sequences between the zinc fingerdomain and the cleavage domain require the 5′ edge of each binding siteto be separated by about 5-7 bp. Exemplary ZFNs that are useful in thepresent invention include, but are not limited to, those described inUrnov et al., Nature Reviews Genetics, 2010, 11:636-646; Gaj et al., NatMethods, 2012, 9(8):805-7; U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,534,261; 6,607,882;6,746,838; 6,794,136; 6,824,978; 6,866,997; 6,933,113; 6,979,539;7,013,219; 7,030,215; 7,220,719; 7,241,573; 7,241,574; 7,585,849;7,595,376; 6,903,185; 6,479,626; and U.S. Application Publication Nos.2003/0232410 and 2009/0203140.

ZFNs, in some embodiments, generate a double-strand break in a targetDNA, resulting in DNA break repair which allows for the introduction ofgene modification. DNA break repair, in some embodiments, occurs vianon-homologous end joining (NHEJ) or homology-directed repair (HDR). Insome embodiments, a ZFN is a zinc finger nickase which, in someembodiments, is an engineered ZFN that induces site-specificsingle-strand DNA breaks or nicks. Descriptions of zinc finger nickasesare found, e.g., in Ramirez et al., Nucl Acids Res, 2012, 40(12):5560-8;Kim et al., Genome Res, 2012, 22(7): 1327-33.

TALENs

“TALENs” or “TAL-effector nucleases” are engineered transcriptionactivator-like effector nucleases that contain a central domain ofDNA-binding tandem repeats, a nuclear localization signal, and aC-terminal transcriptional activation domain. In some instances, aDNA-binding tandem repeat comprises 33-35 amino acids in length andcontains two hypervariable amino acid residues at positions 12 and 13that recognize one or more specific DNA base pairs. TALENs are producedby fusing a TAL effector DNA binding domain to a DNA cleavage domain.For instance, a TALE protein may be fused to a nuclease such as awild-type or mutated FokI endonuclease or the catalytic domain of FokI.Several mutations to FokI have been made for its use in TALENs, which,for example, improve cleavage specificity or activity. Such TALENs areengineered to bind any desired DNA sequence.

TALENs are often used to generate gene modifications by creating adouble-strand break in a target DNA sequence, which in turn, undergoesNHEJ or HDR. In some cases, a single-stranded donor DNA repair templateis provided to promote HDR.

Detailed descriptions of TALENs and their uses for gene editing arefound, e.g., in U.S. Pat. Nos. 8,440,431; 8,440,432; 8,450,471;8,586,363; and U.S. Pat. No. 8,697,853; Scharenberg et al., Curr GeneTher, 2013, 13(4):291-303; Gaj et al., Nat Methods, 2012, 9(8):805-7;Beurdeley et al., Nat Commun, 2013, 4:1762; and Joung and Sander, NatRev Mol Cell Biol, 2013, 14(1):49-55.

DNA Guided Nucleases

“DNA guided nucleases” are nucleases that use a single stranded DNAcomplementary nucleotide to direct the nuclease to the correct place inthe genome by hybridizing to another nucleic acid, for example, thetarget nucleic acid in the genome of a cell. In some embodiments, theDNA guided nuclease comprises an Argonaute nuclease. In someembodiments, the DNA guided nuclease is selected from TtAgo, PfAgo, andNgAgo. In some embodiments, the DNA guided nuclease is NgAgo.

Meganucleases

“Meganucleases” are rare-cutting endonucleases or homing endonucleasesthat, in certain embodiments, are highly specific, recognizing DNAtarget sites ranging from at least 12 base pairs in length, e.g., from12 to 40 base pairs or 12 to 60 base pairs in length. In someembodiments, meganucleases are modular DNA-binding nucleases, such asany fusion protein comprising at least one catalytic domain of anendonuclease and at least one DNA binding domain or protein specifying anucleic acid target sequence. The DNA-binding domain, in someembodiments, contains at least one motif that recognizes single- ordouble-stranded DNA. The meganuclease is alternatively monomeric ordimeric.

In some instances, the meganuclease is naturally-occurring (found innature) or wild-type, and in other instances, the meganuclease isnon-natural, artificial, engineered, synthetic, rationally designed, orman-made. In certain embodiments, the meganuclease of the presentinvention includes an I-CreI meganuclease, I-CeuI meganuclease, I-MsoImeganuclease, I-SceI meganuclease, variants thereof, mutants thereof,and derivatives thereof.

Any meganuclease is contemplated to be used herein, including, but notlimited to, I-SceI, I-SceII, I-SceIII, I-SceIV, I-SceV, I-SceVI,I-SceVII, I-CeuI, I-CeuAIIP, I-CreI, I-CrepsbIP, I-CrepsbIIP,I-CrepsbIIIP, I-CrepsbIVP, I-TliI, I-PpoI, PI-PspI, F-SceI, F-SceII,F-SuvI, F-TevI, F-TevII, I-AmaI, I-AniI, I-ChuI, I-CmoeI, I-CpaI,I-CpaII, I-CsmI, I-CvuI, I-CvuAIP, I-DdiI, I-DdiII, I-Dirl, I-Dmol,I-Hmul, I-Hmull, I-HsNIP, I-LlaI, I-MsoI, I-NaaI, I-NanI, I-NcIIP,I-NgrIP, I-NitI, I-NjaI, I-Nsp236IP, I-PakI, I-PboIP, I-PcuIP, I-PcuAI,I-PcuVI, I-PgrIP, I-PobIP, I-PorI, I-PorIIP, I-PbpIP, I-SpBetaIP,I-ScaI, I-SexIP, I-SneIP, I-SpomI, I-SpomCP, I-SpomIP, I-SpomIIP,I-SquIP, I-Ssp6803I, I-SthPhiJP, I-SthPhiST3P, I-SthPhiSTe3bP, I-TdeIP,I-TevI, I-TevII, I-TevIII, I-UarAP, I-UarHGPAIP, I-UarHGPA13P, I-VinIP,1-ZbiIP, PI-MtuI, PI-MtuHIP PI-MtuHIIP, PI-PfuI, PI-PfuII, PI-PkoI,PI-PkoII, PI-Rma43812IP, PI-SpBetaIP, PI-SceI, PI-TfuI, PI-TfuII,PI-ThyI, PI-TliI, PI-TliII, or any active variants or fragments thereof.

CRISPR

The CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short PalindromicRepeats)/Cas (CRISPR-associated protein) nuclease system is anengineered nuclease system based on a bacterial system that is used forgenome engineering. It is based in part on the adaptive immune responseof many bacteria and archaea. When a virus or plasmid invades abacterium, segments of the invader's DNA are converted into CRISPR RNAs(crRNA) by the “immune” response. The crRNA then associates, through aregion of partial complementarity, with another type of RNA calledtracrRNA to guide the Cas (e.g., Cas9) nuclease to a region homologousto the crRNA in the target DNA called a “protospacer.” The Cas (e.g.,Cas9) nuclease cleaves the DNA to generate blunt ends at thedouble-strand break at sites specified by a 20-nucleotide complementarystrand sequence contained within the crRNA transcript. The Cas (e.g.,Cas9) nuclease, in some embodiments, requires both the crRNA and thetracrRNA for site-specific DNA recognition and cleavage. This system hasnow been engineered such that, in certain embodiments, the crRNA andtracrRNA are combined into one molecule (the “single guide RNA” or“sgRNA”), and the crRNA equivalent portion of the single guide RNA isengineered to guide the Cas (e.g., Cas9) nuclease to target any desiredsequence (see, e.g., Jinek et al. (2012) Science 337:816-821; Jinek etal. (2013) eLife 2:e00471; Segal (2013) eLife 2:e00563). Thus, theCRISPR/Cas system can be engineered to create a double-strand break at adesired target in a genome of a cell and harness the cell's endogenousmechanisms to repair the induced break by homology-directed repair (HDR)or nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ).

In some embodiments, the Cas nuclease has DNA cleavage activity. The Casnuclease, in some embodiments, directs cleavage of one or both strandsat a location in a target DNA sequence. For example, in someembodiments, the Cas nuclease is a nickase having one or moreinactivated catalytic domains that cleaves a single strand of a targetDNA sequence.

Non-limiting examples of Cas nucleases include Cas1, Cas1B, Cas2, Cas3,Cas4, Cas5, Cash, Cas7, Cas8, Cas9 (also known as Csn1 and Csx12),Cas10, Cpf1, C2c3, C2c2 and C2c1Csy1, Csy2, Csy3, Cse1, Cse2, Csc1,Csc2, Csa5, Csn2, Csm2, Csm3, Csm4, Csm5, Csm6, Cmr1, Cmr3, Cmr4, Cmr5,Cmr6, Cpf1, Csb1, Csb2, Csb3, Csx17, Csx14, Csx10, Csx16, CasX, Csx3,Csx1, Csx15, Csf1, Csf2, Csf3, Csf4, homologs thereof, variants thereof,mutants thereof, and derivatives thereof. There are three main types ofCas nucleases (type I, type II, and type III), and 10 subtypes including5 type I, 3 type II, and 2 type III proteins (see, e.g., Hochstrasserand Doudna, Trends Biochem Sci, 2015:40(1):58-66). Type II Cas nucleasesinclude, but are not limited to, Cas1, Cas2, Csn2, and Cas9. These Casnucleases are known to those skilled in the art. For example, the aminoacid sequence of the Streptococcus pyogenes wild-type Cas9 polypeptideis set forth, e.g., in NBCI Ref. Seq. No. NP_269215, and the amino acidsequence of Streptococcus thermophilus wild-type Cas9 polypeptide is setforth, e.g., in NBCI Ref. Seq. No. WP_011681470.

Cas nucleases, e.g., Cas9 polypeptides, in some embodiments, are derivedfrom a variety of bacterial species including, but not limited to,Veillonella atypical, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Filifactor alocis,Solobacterium moorei, Coprococcus catus, Treponema denticola,Peptoniphilus duerdenii, Catenibacterium mitsuokai, Streptococcusmutans, Listeria innocua, Staphylococcus pseudintermedius,Acidaminococcus intestine, Olsenella uli, Oenococcus kitaharae,Bifidobacterium bifidum, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus gasseri,Finegoldia magna, Mycoplasma mobile, Mycoplasma gallisepticum,Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae, Mycoplasma canis, Mycoplasma synoviae,Eubacterium rectale, Streptococcus thermophilus, Eubacterium dolichum,Lactobacillus coryniformis subsp. Torquens, Ilyobacter polytropus,Ruminococcus albus, Akkermansia muciniphila, Acidothermuscellulolyticus, Bifidobacterium longum, Bifidobacterium dentium,Corynebacterium diphtheria, Elusimicrobium minutum, Nitratifractorsalsuginis, Sphaerochaeta globus, Fibrobacter succinogenes subsp.Succinogenes, Bacteroides fragilis, Capnocytophaga ochracea,Rhodopseudomonas palustris, Prevotella micans, Prevotella ruminicola,Flavobacterium columnare, Aminomonas paucivorans, Rhodospirillum rubrum,Candidatus Puniceispirillum marinum, Verminephrobacter eiseniae,Ralstonia syzygii, Dinoroseobacter shibae, Azospirillum, Nitrobacterhamburgensis, Bradyrhizobium, Wolinella succinogenes, Campylobacterjejuni subsp. Jejuni, Helicobacter mustelae, Bacillus cereus, Acidovoraxebreus, Clostridium perfringens, Parvibaculum lavamentivorans, Roseburiaintestinalis, Neisseria meningitidis, Pasteurella multocida subsp.Multocida, Sutterella wadsworthensis, proteobacterium, Legionellapneumophila, Parasutterella excrementihominis, Wolinella succinogenes,and Francisella novicida.

“Cas9” refers to an RNA-guided double-stranded DNA-binding nucleaseprotein or nickase protein. Wild-type Cas9 nuclease has two functionaldomains, e.g., RuvC and HNH, that cut different DNA strands. Cas9 caninduce double-strand breaks in genomic DNA (target DNA) when bothfunctional domains are active. The Cas9 enzyme, in some embodiments,comprises one or more catalytic domains of a Cas9 protein derived frombacteria belonging to the group consisting of Corynebacter, Sutterella,Legionella, Treponema, Filifactor, Eubacterium, Streptococcus,Lactobacillus, Mycoplasma, Bacteroides, Flaviivola, Flavobacterium,Sphaerochaeta, Azospirillum, Gluconacetobacter, Neisseria, Roseburia,Parvibaculum, Staphylococcus, Nitratifractor, and Campylobacter. In someembodiments, the Cas9 is a fusion protein, e.g. the two catalyticdomains are derived from different bacteria species.

Useful variants of the Cas9 nuclease include a single inactive catalyticdomain, such as a RuvC⁻ or HNH⁻ enzyme or a nickase. A Cas9 nickase hasonly one active functional domain and, in some embodiments, cuts onlyone strand of the target DNA, thereby creating a single strand break ornick. In some embodiments, the mutant Cas9 nuclease having at least aD10A mutation is a Cas9 nickase. In other embodiments, the mutant Cas9nuclease having at least a H840A mutation is a Cas9 nickase. Otherexamples of mutations present in a Cas9 nickase include, withoutlimitation, N854A and N863A. A double-strand break is introduced using aCas9 nickase if at least two DNA-targeting RNAs that target opposite DNAstrands are used. A double-nicked induced double-strand break isrepaired by NHEJ or HDR. This gene editing strategy favors HDR anddecreases the frequency of indel mutations at off-target DNA sites. TheCas9 nuclease or nickase, in some embodiments, is codon-optimized forthe target cell or target organism.

In some embodiments, the Cas nuclease is a Cas9 polypeptide thatcontains two silencing mutations of the RuvC1 and HNH nuclease domains(D10A and H840A), which is referred to as dCas9. In one embodiment, thedCas9 polypeptide from Streptococcus pyogenes comprises at least onemutation at position D10, G12, G17, E762, H840, N854, N863, H982, H983,A984, D986, A987, or any combination thereof. Descriptions of such dCas9polypeptides and variants thereof are provided in, for example,International Patent Publication No. WO 2013/176772. The dCas9 enzyme insome embodiments, contains a mutation at D10, E762, H983, or D986, aswell as a mutation at H840 or N863. In some instances, the dCas9 enzymecontains a D10A or DION mutation. Also, the dCas9 enzyme alternativelyincludes a mutation H840A, H840Y, or H840N. In some embodiments, thedCas9 enzyme of the present invention comprises D10A and H840A; D10A andH840Y; D10A and H840N; DION and H840A; DION and H840Y; or DION and H840Nsubstitutions. The substitutions are alternatively conservative ornon-conservative substitutions to render the Cas9 polypeptidecatalytically inactive and able to bind to target DNA.

For genome editing methods, the Cas nuclease in some embodimentscomprises a Cas9 fusion protein such as a polypeptide comprising thecatalytic domain of the type IIS restriction enzyme, FokI, linked todCas9. The FokI-dCas9 fusion protein (fCas9) can use two guide RNAs tobind to a single strand of target DNA to generate a double-strand break.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, all technical and scientificterms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by thoseof ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Inaddition, any method or material similar or equivalent to a method ormaterial described herein can be used in the practice of the presentinvention. For purposes of the present invention, the following termsare defined.

The terms “a,” “an,” or “the” as used herein not only include aspectswith one member, but also include aspects with more than one member. Forinstance, the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” include pluralreferents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Thus, forexample, reference to “a cell” includes a plurality of such cells andreference to “the agent” includes reference to one or more agents knownto those skilled in the art, and so forth.

The term “nucleic acid,” “nucleotide,” or “polynucleotide” refers todeoxyribonucleic acids (DNA), ribonucleic acids (RNA) and polymersthereof in either single, double- or multi-stranded form. The termincludes, but is not limited to, single-, double- or multi-stranded DNAor RNA, genomic DNA, cDNA, DNA-RNA hybrids, or a polymer comprisingpurine and/or pyrimidine bases or other natural, chemically modified,biochemically modified, non-natural, synthetic, or derivatizednucleotide bases. In some embodiments, a nucleic acid can comprise amixture of DNA, RNA, and analogs thereof. Unless specifically limited,the term encompasses nucleic acids containing known analogs of naturalnucleotides that have similar binding properties as the referencenucleic acid and are metabolized in a manner similar to naturallyoccurring nucleotides. Unless otherwise indicated, a particular nucleicacid sequence also implicitly encompasses conservatively modifiedvariants thereof (e.g., degenerate codon substitutions), alleles,orthologs, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), and complementarysequences as well as the sequence explicitly indicated. Specifically,degenerate codon substitutions may be achieved by generating sequencesin which the third position of one or more selected (or all) codons issubstituted with mixed-base and/or deoxyinosine residues. The termnucleic acid is used interchangeably with gene, cDNA, and mRNA encodedby a gene.

The term “gene” or “nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide” meansthe segment of DNA involved in producing a polypeptide chain. The DNAsegment may include regions preceding and following the coding region(leader and trailer) involved in the transcription/translation of thegene product and the regulation of the transcription/translation, aswell as intervening sequences (introns) between individual codingsegments (exons).

The terms “subject,” “patient,” and “individual” are used hereininterchangeably to include a human or animal. For example, the animalsubject may be a mammal, a primate (e.g., a monkey), a livestock animal(e.g., a horse, a cow, a sheep, a pig, or a goat), a companion animal(e.g., a dog, a cat), a laboratory test animal (e.g., a mouse, a rat, aguinea pig, a bird), an animal of veterinary significance, or an animalof economic significance.

As used herein, the term “administering” includes oral administration,topical contact, administration as a suppository, intravenous,intraperitoneal, intramuscular, intralesional, intrathecal, intranasal,or subcutaneous administration to a subject. Administration is by anyroute, including parenteral and transmucosal (e.g., buccal, sublingual,palatal, gingival, nasal, vaginal, rectal, or transdermal). Parenteraladministration includes, e.g., intravenous, intramuscular,intra-arteriole, intradermal, subcutaneous, intraperitoneal,intraventricular, and intracranial. Other modes of delivery include, butare not limited to, the use of liposomal formulations, intravenousinfusion, transdermal patches, etc.

The term “treating” refers to an approach for obtaining beneficial ordesired results including but not limited to a therapeutic benefitand/or a prophylactic benefit. By therapeutic benefit is meant anytherapeutically relevant improvement in or effect on one or morediseases, conditions, or symptoms under treatment. For prophylacticbenefit, the compositions may be administered to a subject at risk ofdeveloping a particular disease, condition, or symptom, or to a subjectreporting one or more of the physiological symptoms of a disease, eventhough the disease, condition, or symptom may not have yet beenmanifested.

The term “effective amount” or “sufficient amount” refers to the amountof an agent (e.g., DNA nuclease, etc.) that is sufficient to effectbeneficial or desired results. The therapeutically effective amount mayvary depending upon one or more of: the subject and disease conditionbeing treated, the weight and age of the subject, the severity of thedisease condition, the manner of administration and the like, which canreadily be determined by one of ordinary skill in the art. The specificamount may vary depending on one or more of: the particular agentchosen, the target cell type, the location of the target cell in thesubject, the dosing regimen to be followed, whether it is administeredin combination with other compounds, timing of administration, and thephysical delivery system in which it is carried.

The term “pharmaceutically acceptable carrier” refers to a substancethat aids the administration of an agent (e.g., DNA nuclease, etc.) to acell, an organism, or a subject. “Pharmaceutically acceptable carrier”refers to a carrier or excipient that can be included in a compositionor formulation and that causes no significant adverse toxicologicaleffect on the patient. Non-limiting examples of pharmaceuticallyacceptable carriers include water, NaCl, normal saline solutions,lactated Ringer's, normal sucrose, normal glucose, binders, fillers,disintegrants, lubricants, coatings, sweeteners, flavors and colors, andthe like. One of skill in the art will recognize that otherpharmaceutical carriers are useful in the present invention.

The term “about” in relation to a reference numerical value can includea range of values plus or minus 10% from that value. For example, theamount “about 10” includes amounts from 9 to 11, including the referencenumbers of 9, 10, and 11. The term “about” in relation to a referencenumerical value can also include a range of values plus or minus 10%,9%, 8%, 7%, 6%, 5%, 4%, 3%, 2%, or 1% from that value.

FIGS. 1A-1H show single homology arm donor-mediated gene knock-in innon-dividing primary neurons.

FIG. 1A shows a schematic representation of targeted GFP knock-in atTubb3 locus by a SATI (intercellular linearized Single homology Armdonor mediated intron-Targeting Integration) donor harboring a singlehomology arm for targeting in intron 3. Pink pentagons, Intron 3 gRNAtarget sequences. Yellow scissors or Black lines within gRNA targetsequence, Cas9 cleavage site. Light blue trapezoid, homologous sequencebetween target and donor.

FIG. 1B shows a schematic representation of targeted GFP knock-in atTubb3 locus by no homology HITI donor targeting in exon 4. Light bluepentagons, Exon 4 gRNA target sequences. Black lines within pentagon,Cas9 cleavage site.

FIG. 1C shows a schematic representation of targeted GFP knock-in atTubb3 locus by a conventional HDR donor harboring two homology armstargeting in exon 4. Light blue pentagons, Exon 4 gRNA target sequences.Light blue parallelograms, homologous sequence between target and donor.

FIG. 1D shows a schematic representation of targeted GFP knock-in atTubb3 locus by an HMEJ donor harboring two homology arms targeting inintron 3. Red bars (splicing acceptor and downstream sequence from ratTubb3 gene) and inserting cassette (i.e. exon 4, GFP and 3′UTR) lack anyhomology sequences, in order to avoid undesired recombination. Pinkpentagons, Intron 3 gRNA target sequences. Light blue parallelograms,homologous sequence between target and donor.

FIG. 1E shows an experimental scheme for GFP knock-in in culturedprimary neurons.

FIG. 1F shows representative immunofluorescence images of neuronstransfected with Cas9, one-armed SATI donor and int3gRNA-mCherrydetected by anti-β-III tubulin antibody (magenta), bmCherry signal(red), anti-GFP antibody (green), DAPI signal (blue) and EdU signal(white). Scale bar: 10 μm.

FIG. 1G shows the percentage of knock-in cells (GFP+) per transfectedcells (mCherry+) with different combinations of gRNAs and donors. Eachvalue indicates percentage of GFP positive cells among transfectedcells. Data are represented as box with whisker with all the input datapoints as green dots, the average is the line inside the box. One-wayANOVA with Bonferroni's multiple comparison test for analysis,****P<0.0001.

FIG. 1H shows the ratio of HITI- and oaHDR-mediated GFP knock-in aftertransfected with one-armed SATI donor into primary neurons. Thefollowing combinations of donor and gRNA were transfected (Donor cut:MC-Tubb3int3-scramble and mScramblegRNA-mCherry; Ch cut:MC-Tubb3int3-scramble and int3gRNA-mCherry; Donor+Ch cut (SATI):MC-Tubb3int3-SATI and int3gRNA-mCherry). The analyzed number isindicated on top.

FIGS. 2A-2G show oaHDR- or HITI-mediated gene knock-in profile afterSATI-mediated gene-correction of progeria mice in vitro and in vivo.

FIG. 2A shows a schematic representation of the Lmna^(G609G) (c.1827C>T)gene correction with SATI-mediated gene-correction donor. Red boxindicates exon 11 with single point mutant. After gene correctionmediated by NHEJ-mediated HITI, targeted sequence including correctedmutation is inserted in intron 10, just in front of mutated exon 11(left). After gene correction mediated by oaHDR, the mutation iscorrected with no change of another genomic sequence except for pointmutation (right). The expression level of Lamin C transcribed from exon1-10 is not affected by Lmna c.1827C>T mutation. After gene correction,Lamin A protein is expressed instead of Progerin expression. Pinkpentagon, Lmna intron 10 gRNA target sequence. Yellow scissors or Blackline within gRNA target sequence, Cas9 cleavage site (See also FIG.12A).

FIG. 2B shows the ratio of HITI, oaHDR and undetermined (due to largedeletion) in targeted sequence after SATI mediated gene correction fromprogeria MEF (top panel, n=48), primary neuron (middle panel, n=47), andbrain (lower panel, n=19). The actual knock-in ratio is indicated in thegraph (%).

FIG. 2C shows the ratio of HITI, oaHDR and undetermined (due to largedeletion) with or without indel at targeting site after gene correctionby Cas9/Lmna-gRNA-mCherry/MC-Progeria-SATI transfection with shRNA geneknockdown for progeria MEFs. Actual targeting ratio is indicated in thegraph (%). Each target of shRNA knockdown is indicated at bottom.Scramble control, n=48; Ku80, n=19; Lig3, n=32; Rad51, n=17.

FIG. 2D shows an experimental scheme for in vivo gene correction byAAV-Progeria-SATI via intravenous (IV) AAV injections toLmna^(G609G/G609G) progeria mouse model. AAV-Progeria-SATI is injectedinto newborn (postnatal day 1, P1) mouse together with AAV-Cas9. Thephenotypes are analyzed in the indicated date in each experiment.

FIG. 2E shows gene correction efficiency at Lmna c.1827C>T dominantpoint mutation site from the indicated tissues in SATI-treated(Pro+SATI) or only donor-treated without Cas9 (Pro+donor) progeria miceat day 100.

FIG. 2F shows indel percentages at Lmna intron 10 gRNA target site fromthe indicated tissues in SATI-treated (Pro+SATI) or only donor-treatedwithout Cas9 (Pro+donor) progeria mice at day 100.

FIG. 2G shows the ratio of HITI, oaHDR and undetermined (due to largedeletion) with or without indel at targeting site after gene correctionby systemic AAV-Progeria-SATI injection for progeria mice. Deepsequencing was performed using the extracted DNA from liver (top) andheart (bottom), respectively. The actual knock-in ratio is indicated inthe graph (%).

FIGS. 3A-3H show prevention of aging phenotypes and molecular analysesin the SATI-treated progeria mice.

FIG. 3A shows survival plots of Lmna^(+/+) (WT), SATI treated Lmna^(+/+)(WT+SATI), Lmna^(G609G/G609G) (Pro), SATI treated Lmna^(G609G/G609G)(Pro+SATI), Lmna^(+/G609G) heterozygous (Het), SATI treatedLmna^(+/G609G) heterozygous (Het+SATI) mice. WT, n=72; WT+SATI, n=8;Het, n=33; Het+SATI, n=11; Progeria, n=25; Progeria+SATI, n=15. P<0.0001according to log-rank (Mantel-Cox) test. Median survival and maximumsurvival date of each group are indicated at bottom.

FIG. 3B shows RT-qPCR analysis for the expression ratio of Lamin A toLamin C (left) and Progerin to Lamin A (right) from represented tissues(n=3). The expression level of each gene is normalized by Gapdh first,and then ratio is calculated. Relative values after SATI treated areindicated. Data are represented as mean±s.e.m. Each P value is indicatedaccording to unpaired Student's t-test. N.S., not significant. Relativeratios are indicated at top of each graph.

FIG. 3C shows representative photographs of WT, Progeria (Pro), andProgeria+SATI (Pro+SATI) mice at 17-weeks-old.

FIGS. 3D-3G show histological analysis of skin (FIG. 3D), spleen (FIG.3E), kidney (FIG. 3F) and aorta (FIG. 3G) at 17-weeks-old. Left:representative pictures of hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining. Middleand right: quantitative analyses represented as mean±s.e.m. (FIGS.3D-3G). Skin, n=39; spleen, n=20; kidney glomerulus, n=20; kidney renaltubules, n=50; aorta, n=9. Scale bars: skin, kidney and aorta 100 μm,spleen 250 μm. Black arrowheads indicate decreased epidermal thicknessand increased keratinization (FIG. 3D), and small lymphoid nodules inthe splenic white pulp (FIG. 3E). The thickness of epidermis issignificantly decreased in untreated mice and restored in SATI treatedmice (FIG. 3D). The area of germinal center is significantly decreasedin untreated mice and restored in SATI treated mice (FIG. 3E). The areaof glomerulus (middle panel) and diameter of renal tubules (right panel)are significantly decreased in untreated mice and restored in SATItreated mice (FIG. 3F). The density of aortic nuclei is significantlydecreased in untreated mice and restored in SATI treated mice (FIG. 3G).P values are indicated in each graph, one-way ANOVA with Tukey'smultiple comparisons test (FIGS. 3D-3G).

FIG. 3H shows an electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis in WT, Pro, andPro+SATI mice between day 92 and day 110. Heart rate represented asbeats per minute (bpm), n=7. P values are indicated in each graph,one-way ANOVA with Tukey's multiple comparisons test.

FIGS. 4A-4C show intramuscular treatment of the SATI in adult progeriatibialis anterior muscle.

FIG. 4A shows an experimental scheme for in vivo gene repair byAAV-Progeria-SATI via Intramuscular (IM) AAV injections into thetibialis anterior (TA) muscles of adult Lmna^(G609G/G609G) progeria. TAmuscle of 10-weeks-old progeria mouse was injected AAV(s) and analyzedat three weeks later.

FIG. 4B shows representative pictures of H&E staining of TA muscle at13-weeks-old. Top: wild type with PBS injection as control (WT+PBS),middle: AAV-Progeria-SATI only treated without AAV-Cas9 (Pro-Cas9),bottom: AAV-Progeria-SATI and AAV-Cas9 treated (Pro+Cas9). Scale bars:100 μm.

FIG. 4C Muscle fiber cross-sectional area distribution of TA muscles inprogeria mice at 13-weeks-old. Each color of bar shows representativemuscle from independent mouse. WT+PBS, n=6; Pro-Cas9, n=6; Pro+Cas9,n=8. Average of % fibers is indicated at right upper corner. Eachtrendline is indicated as broken line. Data are represented asmean±s.e.m. Each P value is indicated according to unpaired Student'st-test.

FIGS. 5A-5C shows schematic representations of HDR- and HITI-mediatedknock-in methods.

FIG. 5A shows a schematic representation of the HDR-mediatedgene-knock-in method. The donor DNA includes two-homology arms where isidentical to target genome. HDR can replace the existing mutations, butnot active in non-dividing cells. The application for in vivo is limitedto the tissues that possess dividing capacity.

FIG. 5B shows a schematic representation of the HITI-mediated geneknock-in method. The donor DNA includes Cas9-mediated DSB induction siteand no homology for target genome. DSBs are created simultaneously inboth genomic target sequences and donor DNA, allowing for donorintegration into the genomic DSB site. HITI cannot replace the existingmutations, but active in non-dividing cells.

FIG. 5C shows unidirectional gene knock-in by HITI. The SpCas9 and sgRNAcomplex introduces double-strand break (DSB) into chromosomal DNA threebase pairs upstream of the PAM sequence, resulting in two blunt ends.The same sgRNA target sequence is loaded onto the donor DNA in thereverse direction. Both targeted chromosomal DNA and donor DNA arecleaved by SpCas9/sgRNA complex in the cells. When the blunt ends oftargeted chromosomal DNA and the linearized donor DNA are ligated viathe cellular non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) repair machinery, thedonor DNAs are integrated into target sites. If the donor DNA isintegrated in the correct orientation (left), junction sequences areprotected from further cleavage by SpCas9. If the donor DNA integratesin the reverse orientation (right), SpCas9 will excise the integrateddonor DNA due to the presence of intact sgRNA target sites. Thisintegration system is named Homology-Independent Targeted Integration(HITI). Blue pentagon, sgRNA target sequence. Black line within bluepentagon, SpCas9 cleavage site. GOI, gene of interest.

FIGS. 6A-6C shows a schematic representation of HMEJ andintron-targeting SATI methods.

FIG. 6A shows a schematic representation of the HMEJ-mediated intronicgene-knock-in method. The donor DNA includes an inserting cassette, twoDSB induction sites and two-homology arms where is identical to targetgenome. In order to avoid undesired recombination, it is important tolack any homology sequences from the inserting cassette (i.e. splicingacceptor, exon (s), GOI and 3′UTR). Furthermore, in order to avoidundesired splicing when the insert is integrated by NHEJ, the lefthomology arm should not include splicing acceptor. HMEJ allows DNAknock-in via conventional HDR or NHEJ. Under the above limitations fordonor design, HMEJ-mediated gene knock-in is also able to target a broadrange of mutations and cell types although less efficient in divingcells due to competition of conventional HDR. Furthermore, it isnecessary to carry two homology arms, which may beyond the capacity ofAAV and limit the application for in vivo.

FIG. 6B shows a schematic representation of the new intronicgene-knock-in method, SATI. The donor DNA includes DSB induction siteand one-homology arm where is identical to the target genome. SATIallows DNA knock-in via single homology arm mediated HDR (oaHDR) orhomology independent NHEJ-based HITI, enabling to target a broad rangeof mutations and cell types.

FIG. 6C shows a summary for difference of applicability betweengene-editing methods used in this study. Red circle means “fullyapplicable,” red triangle means “partially applicable,” and red crossmeans “difficult to apply.” Weak points of each gene-editing method areindicated in the note (right).

FIGS. 7A-7D shows a schematic representation of HITI andintronic-targeting SATI strategies.

FIG. 7A shows a scheme showing inserted DNA sequences withexon-targeting HITI donors via conventional HITI system. Red pentagonand yellow and light blue highlights, the 3′ end of exon 4 gRNA targetsequence. Black line within the red pentagon and red broken arrow, Cas9cleavage site. When HITI can insert donor sequence without indel, thejunction sequence of both ends is indicated as left below and GFP canexpress normally because of no frame-shift (left). The donor DNA isoften integrated with small indels at junction sites when original HITItarget at exon, resulting in out-of-frame mutation and cannot expressGFP signal in the end (right).

FIG. 7B shows a number of the design capacity of gRNA in this study.

FIG. 7C shows a schematic representation of gene targeting by HITI withIRESmCherry-MC donor and different Cas9s in the GFP-correction HEK293line. If IRESmCherry donor can be integrated into the targeted legionsuccessfully by HITI, mCherry signal will be detected.

FIG. 7D shows mCherry knock-in HITI efficiency (%) with Normal SpCas9(wtCas9) and NG PAM Cas9 (Cas9-NG and xCas9) in HEK293. Data arerepresented as mean±s.e.m. One-way ANOVA with Bonferroni's multiplecomparison test for analysis, ***P<0.001.

FIGS. 8A-8D show the development of novel targeted gene knock-in methodin primary neurons.

FIG. 8A shows representative pictures of non-transfected and transfectedneuronal cultures with the different donors and gRNAs for recognizingthe cutting patterns induced by one arm homology and HITI donors. Imageswere acquired with confocal microscopy using 20× objective, scale bar:100 μm.

FIG. 8B shows absolute and relative knock-in efficiency indicated by thepercentage of GFP+ cells among total cells (DAPI+) or transfected cells(mCherry+) in EdU+ or EdU− neurons. n=7. Each value indicates thepercentage of GFP positive cells among total cells (black) ortransfected cells (light gray). Data are represented as mean±s.e.m.

FIG. 8C shows an example of actual sequence after GFP knock-in at the 3′end of the Tubb3 coding region via one homology arm donor(MC-Tubb3int3-SATI). Broken arrow, Cas9 cutting site. Underlinedsequence corresponds with PAM sequence. Yellow highlight is indicatedgRNA sequence. Sequence indicated as green is inserted sequence derivedfrom donor vector. Sequence indicated as blue is targeted genomicsequence.

FIG. 8D shows the effect on the efficiency of GFP knock-in in neurons bycomparison of wild-type Cas9 (Cas9) and Cas9 nickase (Cas9D10A,introducing a single-strand break) in SATI donors (MC-Tubb3int3-SATI,MC-Tubb3int3-scramble), HITI donor (Tubb3ex4-HITI) and HDR donor(Tubb3ex4-HDR). Data are represented as box with whiskers including allinput data points as green dots, average in the middle of the box.

FIGS. 9A-9D shows HDR-, HITI- and oaHDR-mediated gene knock-inefficiency in dividing cells.

FIG. 9A shows a schematic representation of gene targeting by HDR andoaHDR in the GFPcorrection HEK293 and hESC lines. Each cell line isstably expressing the chromosomal reporter construct. Once the truncatedGFP (tGFP) donor is correctly integrated into the target sequence, GFPcan be expressed and detected. If donor sequence is inserted by HITI, noGFP expression is detected.

FIG. 9B shows a surveyor nuclease assay performed transfected with Cas9,gRNA and tGFP donor DNA. Different gRNAs (gRNA1, gRNA2 and gRNA3) aretransfected respectively in GFP-correction HEK293 line. gRNA cuttingefficiency is calculated from the band intensity, indicated at bottom(%).

FIGS. 9C and 9D show the GFP knock-in efficiency in HEK293 (FIG. 9C) andhES (FIG. 9D) cells. gRNA for HDR: gRNA 1. Genome cut-only gRNA: gRNA 2.Donor cut-only gRNA: gRNA 3. Both genome and donor cut gRNA: gRNA2+3.Data from three independent experiments resulted in Unpaired Student'st-test of *P<0.05 and **P<0.01 (FIG. 9C, FIG. 9D). Data are representedas mean±s.e.m.

FIGS. 10A-10E show the measurement of cell cycle dependent oaHDRactivity in dividing cells.

FIG. 10A shows cell cycle analysis by propidium iodide (PI) stainingafter treatment with/without 20 μM Lovastatin, cell cycle inhibitor atG1 phase, for 2 days in GFP correction HeLa line. Efficiency of eachcell cycle phase is indicated in graph (%).

FIG. 10B shows oaHDR- and HDR-mediated gene knock-in percentages in GFPcorrection HeLa line with Lovastatin treatment. *P<0.05. Data from threeindependent experiments in Unpaired Student's t-test. Data arerepresented as mean±s.e.m.

FIG. 10C shows the structure of wild type Cas9 (Cas9), G1-phase specificCas9 (Cas9-Cdt1) and S-M phase specific Cas9 (Cas9-Geminin).

FIGS. 10D and 10E show oaHDR- and HDR-mediated gene knock-in % in GFPcorrection HEK293 (FIG. 10D) and HeLa (FIG. 10E) line with differentCas9 treatment. Actual efficiency (%) is indicated at above. Data arerepresented as mean±s.e.m. N.S. Not significant in Unpaired Student'st-test.

FIGS. 11A-11D show HDR-, HITI- and oaHDR-mediated gene knock-in indifferent cell types.

FIG. 11A shows a schematic representation of gene targeting by HDR andHITI with mCherry reporter donor in the GFP-correction HEK293 and hESCline. HDR donor (IRESmCherry-HDR-0c) is inserted by HDR (top). HITIdonor (IRESmCherry-MC) is inserted by HITI (bottom).

FIGS. 11B and 11C show mCherry knock-in efficiency in HEK293 (FIG. 11B)and hES (FIG. 11C) cells. ***P<0.001. Data from three independentexperiments in Unpaired Student's t-test. Data are represented asmean±s.e.m.

FIG. 11D shows a schematic model of SATI conceptually from ourobservations in different cell types.

FIGS. 12A and 12B show experimental design for oaHDR- or HITI-mediatedgene knock-in profile after SATI-mediated gene-correction of progeriamice in vitro and in vivo.

FIG. 12A shows a schematic representation of the LmnaG609G (c.1827C>T)gene correction with a plasmid (MC-Progeria-SATI) or AAV(AAV-Progeria-SATI) carrying SATI-mediated gene-correction donor. Aftergene correction mediated by NHEJ-mediated HITI, targeted sequenceincluding corrected mutation are inserted in intron 10, just in front ofmutated exon 11 (left). After gene correction mediated by oaHDR, themutation is corrected with no change of other genomic sequence exceptfor point mutation (right). Blue pentagon, Lmna intron 10 gRNA targetsequence. A Black line within blue pentagon, Cas9 cleavage site. Bluehalf-arrows, PCR primers for detecting only HITI. Black half-arrows, PCRprimers for detecting junction site of gene correction.

FIG. 12B shows an experimental scheme for evaluation of corrected genesequence. Genomic DNA is extracted from progeria MEF, primary neuron,and brain tissue, respectively. To enrich the corrected sequence, BstXIenzyme digestion which can recognize only uncorrected mutation isperformed between 1st PCR and 2nd PCR. Final PCR product is cloned intoTOPO cloning vector and sequenced to determine the ratio of HITI andoaHDR.

FIGS. 13A-13C show oaHDR is a noncanonical HDR pathway mediated bymultiple elements of DSB repair.

FIG. 13A shows a gene list of DNA repair related shRNA used in thisstudy.

FIG. 13B shows the effect of SATI knock-in efficiency in the presence ofindicated shRNAs. n≥4. alt-NHEJ, alternative NHEJ. Data are representedas mean±s.e.m. The input data points are shown as green dots. t-test foranalysis comparing each condition versus control transfected withpLKO-shRNA-scramble plasmid. ****P<0.0001, ***P<0.001, ** P<0.01 and *P<0.05.

FIG. 13C shows a model of SATI donor mediated gene knock-in in the oaHDRand NHEJ pathways. Once DSB are induced by Cas9, Ku70/80 heterodimerligates the break. In some case, end resection is happened by unknownmechanism, genome and/or double strand donor is exposed as single stand.Single strand annealing (SSA) or microhomology and Lig3-mediatedAlternative NHEJ (AltNHEJ) is happened, and the GOI (gene of interest)is inserted as oaHDR machinery (left). Because Rad51 stabilize theexposed single strand DNA, Rad51 deficient may cause large deletion.

FIGS. 14A and 14B show knock-in analyses of the gene-corrected progeriamice with SATI treatment.

FIG. 14A shows validation of HITI-mediated gene knock-in by PCR usingthe genomic template from various tissues of the AAV-Progeria-SATItreated mouse at day 100. Blue half arrows in FIG. 12A are designed PCRprimers for detecting HITI. Fanca gene is indicated as internal control.

FIG. 14B shows sequencing analyses of 3′ junction site of liver (left)and heart (right) cells at day 100 via IV AAV-Progeria-SATI injections.Broken arrow, Cas9 cutting site. Yellow highlight is indicated gRNAsequence. Sequence indicated as green is inserted sequence derived fromdonor vector. Sequence indicated as blue is targeted genomic sequence.Sequence indicated as red is an insertion.

FIGS. 15A-15E show NGS analysis in SATI-treated mice.

FIG. 15A shows read count (Read) and genome editing (indels, HITI andcorrection) efficiency (%) by deep sequencing from the indicated organs.

FIGS. 15B, 15C, and 15D show distribution of indel size in liver (FIG.15B), heart (FIG. 15C), and muscle (FIG. 15D). Size of indel (bp) areindicated at bottom.

FIG. 15E shows a list of on-target site (On, Lmna intron 10) andoff-target sites (OTS) that were used to determine the indel frequencyof SATI mediated genome editing using genomic DNA isolated from theliver of progeria mouse at day 100. The nucleotide letters shown in redare the individual mismatches in predicted off-target sites.

FIGS. 16A-16E shows genome-wide off-target analysis in the liver andheart of SATI treated progeria mice at day 100.

FIG. 16A shows the intronic SATI-mediated gene-targeting strategyknockins a “half-gene of Lmna” which including splicing acceptor. Theoff-target integration of the donor captures the transcript of theintegration site and express as a fusion gene. The captured exonsincluding from on target Lmna exon 10 and unknown off-target gene weredetermined with κ′RACE and sequencing. Blue half-arrows, PCR primers for5′RACE.

FIG. 16B shows the list of the captured exons in liver and heart fromSATI-treated mice at day 100. The data was obtained from two mice (#1and #2).

FIG. 16C shows chromatin (H3K27Ac and DNaseI HS) and expression (RNAseq)status of the major off-target gene, Alb, in the liver of 8-week-oldmice.

FIG. 16D shows chromatin (H3K27Ac and DNaseI HS) and expression (RNAseq)status of the major off-target gene, Myh6, in the heart of 8-week-oldmice.

FIG. 16E shows RT-qPCR analysis for the expression ratio of Albmin toGapdh (left) and Lamin A to Gapdh (right) in liver from SATI-treatedmouse at day 100 (n=3). Data are represented as mean±s.e.m.

FIGS. 17A-17G show phenotypic representation and analysis of WT,progeria, and SATI-treated progeria mice.

FIG. 17A shows a cumulative plot of body weight of progeria (n=5) andSATI treated progeria (Progeria+SATI) mice (n=5). Data are representedas mean±s.e.m.

FIG. 17B shows a representative photograph of WT, Progeria, andProgeria+SATI treated spleens at 17 weeks old. Partial rescue of spleenregression is observed in progeria mice upon SATI treatment.

FIG. 17C shows validation of HITI-mediated gene knock-in by PCR usingthe genomic template from tail-tip fibroblasts (TTFs) isolated fromwild-type (WT), Progeria (NT), and SATI-treated progeria (T). TTFs areestablished at day 70 after IV injection at P1. Genomic DNA harvestedfrom liver of SATI-treated mice at day 100 is used as knock-in control.Blue half-arrows in FIG. 12A are designed PCR primers for detectingHITI. Fanca gene is indicated as internal control.

FIG. 17D shows protein level of Lamin A (top band), Progerin (middleband), and Lamin C (bottom band) are detected from cultured TTFs ofwild-type (WT), Progeria (NT), and SATI-treated progeria (T). Each bandis normalized by Actin density, following Progerin/Lamin A levels arecalculated, normalized to NT, and indicated at bottom.

FIG. 17E and FIG. 17F show phenotypic rescue of nuclear morphologicalabnormality in fibroblasts isolated from SATI-treated progeria mice.Nuclear morphological abnormality in TTFs isolated from wild type (WT),Progeria (Pro), and SATI-treated progeria (Pro+SATI) mice at day 70.Immunostaining of LaminA/C (left, FIG. 17E), DAPI (middle, FIG. 17E),and quantification of morphological abnormality (n=6, FIG. 17F).Arrowheads indicate abnormal nuclear morphology. Scale bar, 20 μm (FIG.17E). Data are represented as mean±s.e.m., each P value is indicatedaccording to one-way ANOVA with Tukey's multiple comparisons test (FIG.17F).

FIG. 17G shows hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining of liver at 17 weeksold mouse. Lower panels are magnified view of the boxed region in upperpanel respectively. In the histopathological analysis, no obviousinflammatory features observed around central vein and portal areas ofthe liver at 17 weeks after systemic AAV injection (Progeria+SATI).Scale bar, (Black) 200 μm, (Blue) 100 μm.

EXAMPLES

The following examples are given for the purpose of illustrating variousembodiments of the invention and are not meant to limit the presentinvention in any fashion. The present examples, along with the methodsdescribed herein are presently representative of preferred embodiments,are exemplary, and are not intended as limitations on the scope of theinvention. Changes therein and other uses which are encompassed withinthe spirit of the invention as defined by the scope of the claims willoccur to those skilled in the art.

Example 1: Development of a Single Homology Arm Donor Mediated GeneKnock-In Method in Post-Mitotic Neurons

The HITI system takes advantage of the intrinsic cellular NHEJ pathway,which is a relatively mutagenic form of DNA repair compared to HDR. WithNHEJ, small insertions/deletions (indels) are often created at thejunction between the inserted DNA and the targeted genomic locus. Thiscan cause an out-of-frame mutation when targeting an exon, leading togene inactivation (FIG. 7A). To overcome this limitation, intronicsequences upstream of a relevant exon (or mutation) were targeted andincluded a splice acceptor, relevant downstream exon(s), the 3′UTR, andgenetic elements, such as GFP, within the donor DNA. In theory, thiswould result in transcription of the donor exon(s), rather than theendogenous exon(s) downstream of the insertion site, thereby enabling toproduce a normal transcript (i.e., correcting the mutation) or fusiontranscript (i.e. knock-in genetic elements such as GFP) (FIG. 6B).Importantly, small indels introduced into the intron have less a chanceto affect target gene function.

To evaluate the effectiveness of this new approach, the Tubulin beta-3chain, Tubb3 gene was targeted in non-dividing cultured mouse primaryneurons using a series of donor DNAs, gRNAs, and Cas9 from Streptococcuspyogenes (SpCas9) (FIG. 1A-FIG. 1D). Protospacer adjacent motif (PAM)sequences (5′-NGG-3′) are commonly recognized by wild-type SpCas9 andare abundant throughout the mammalian genome, though they are not alwaysfound at the exact position required to target all genes using HITI.Recently, some novel Cas9s that can target flexible PAM sequences(5′-NG-3′) have been developed by protein engineering (Hu, J. H. et al.Nature 556, 57-63 (2018); Nishimasu, H. et al. Science 361, 1259-1262(2018)). Using these newly developed Cas9s, the target region can beexpanded, owing to its flexibility (FIG. 7B). However, because theactivity of these novel Cas9s is not higher than that seen with theoriginal SpCas9, and as introns are targeted (providing more flexibilityin designing gRNAs), wild-type SpCas9 (hereafter Cas9) was used forfurther experiments (FIGS. 7B-7D). For neuronal experiments, most of thedonor DNA was in the form of a minicircle (MC). A MC is double-strandedDNA devoid of the bacterial backbone that enhances the stability of theintegrated transgene. Intron 3 of the Tubb3 gene was targeted using adonor DNA, Tubb3int3-SATI. This donor included sequence identical to thetarget genome, including exon 4, GFP, and the Tubb3 3′UTR, thuspossessing one homology arm for the target site. In addition, a Cas9cleavage site is included to flank the donor sequence in order to giveHITI the capacity for mediated target integration. Therefore, theintracellularly linearized donor DNA plasmid can then be used for repairby the NHEJ pathway, allowing for its unidirectional integration intothe genomic DSB site via HITI (FIG. 1A; FIG. 6B). A series of donors,including previously developed exon-targeting HITI, conventional HDR,and HMEJ, which is a combination vector that carries two homology armsand cutting sites (Tubb3ex4-HITI, Tubb3ex4-HDR, and Tubb3int3-HMEJrespectively), were also constructed for comparison (FIGS. 1B-D; FIGS.5A, 5B and 6A).

Sets of donor DNAs, gRNAs with mCherry expression vector (gRNA-mCherry),and Cas9 were co-transfected into mouse primary neurons. To ensure thatthe gene-editing was occurring in post-mitotic neurons, the cells wereincubated in EdU, allowing verification of the timing where neurons inculture become post-mitotic and which cell populations were transfected.Five days post-transfection, correct gene knock-in was confirmed byimmunocytochemistry (FIG. 1E, FIG. 1F; FIG. 8A). Using the intron 3targeting donor (Tubb3int3-SATI), it was detected, as expected, theTubb3-GFP fusion protein in the cytoplasm. Tubb3-GFP co-localized withβ-III-tubulin/Tuj1, the product of the Tubb3 gene. Moreover,GFP-positive (GFP+) cells were negative for EdU (EdU−), demonstratingthat the intronic gene knock-in approach worked in non-dividing neurons(FIG. 1F; FIG. 8B).

GFP knock-in efficiency and donor sequence at the integration site werecompared for different combinations of donors and gRNAs. Similar toprevious work, GFP knock-in efficiency was very low (˜0.07% of thetransfected cells) using a conventional HDR donor (Tubb3ex4-HDR) thatharbored two homology arms for the cutting site on the genome (FIG. 1C,FIG. 1G). No-homology HITI donor (Tubb3ex4-HITI) achieved efficientNHEJ-mediated GFP knock-in by HITI (36.25% of transfected cells) (FIG.1B, FIG. 1G), in agreement with previous data. Using Tubb3int3-SATI,knock-in events were observed when either only target was cut at intron3 in the genome, or only the Tubb3int3-SATI donor was cut, although GFPknock-in efficiency was low (6.3% and 2.7% per transfected cells) (FIG.1A, FIG. 1G). Surprisingly, the junction site of the donor with GFPinserted at the targeted locus remained intact, like the targeted genomesequence, i.e. the sequence of the junction site of the gRNA targetingsequence showed no features of HITI (FIG. 1H; FIG. 8C). Therefore, itwas speculated that an unknown, non-canonical HDR pathway inserted thedonor DNA when a single homology arm was used. The utilization of thisnon-canonical HDR was referred to as one-armed HDR (oaHDR),distinguishing it from conventional HDR which utilizes two homology armsfor the chromosomal cutting site (FIG. 1A, FIG. 1C). By simultaneouslycutting the genome and one-homology arm donor DNA (Tubb3int3-SATI),efficient GFP knock-in was observed (˜37% of transfected cells) (FIG.1G). The efficiency was equivalent for exon-targeted no-homology HITIdonor (Tubb3ex4-HITI, ˜36%), and also comparable to the efficiency seenfor the HMEJ donor (Tubb3int3-HMEJ, ˜40%) (FIG. 1G). In addition, whenCas9 was replaced with Cas9 nickase (Cas9D10A), which introduces asingle-strand break (SSB), GFP knock-in efficiency was extremely low,suggesting that HITI and oaHDR need DSBs, not SSBs (FIG. 8D). Whileanalyzing the gene editing events after GFP integration with doubledigestion of donor Tubb3int3-SATI and chromosomal target, ˜95% of gRNAtarget sites showed a feature of oaHDR, which shows no difference ingenomic sequence except for the GFP insertion (FIG. 1H; FIG. 8C). Only5% of GFP knock-in events were mediated by HITI, suggesting that thedonor DNA was inserted mainly via oaHDR, which is expected to requirethe participation of elements of both NHEJ- and HDR-related pathways.

Together, these results suggest that a non-canonical HDR occurs inneurons when a single-homology arm donor cut at least either the donoror chromosomal target sequence. Knock-in efficiency is significantlyincreased by cutting both the donor and chromosomal target (FIG. 1G). Insummary, a genome targeting system, termed “intercellular linearizedSingle homology Arm donor mediated intron-Targeting Integration (SATI),”was successfully developed which induces DSB at both the donor andchromosomal target and utilizes features of both HITI and oaHDR. Usingthis system to target introns provides flexibility in designing gRNAsspecific for a wider range of genome sequences and minimizes the effectsof NHEJ-created indels (FIGS. 6B, 6C and 7A, 7B).

Example 2: Measurement of oaHDR and HITI Based Knock-In Efficiency inDividing Cells

DNA repair by canonical HDR can only efficiently occur during the S-G2phase of the cell cycle, making it inaccessible to non-dividing cells.To test the range of potential applications for SATI, it was determinedwhether oaHDR takes place in dividing cells in vitro. Geneticallymodified human HEK293 cells and human embryonic stem (hES) cell lineswere used that harbored a mutated GFP transgene expressed under the EF1αpromoter. Knock-in efficiencies were compared via HDR- or oaHDR-mediatedtargeted integration using three functional gRNAs: gRNA1, gRNA2 andgRNA3 (FIG. 9A, FIG. 9B). The conventional two homology arm donormediated HDR is active in these cells consistent with previous reports.Interestingly, it was observed that very few knock-in events when bothgenomic and donor DNAs were cut simultaneously, suggesting that theoaHDR-mediated integration only slightly occurs in dividing HEK293 andhES cells (FIG. 9C, FIG. 9D). To potentially increase oaHDR efficiencyin dividing cells, knock-ins were performed during different phases ofthe cell cycle. Non-dividing cells, such as neurons, exhibit high levelsof oaHDR and are arrested in the G0/G1 stage. Therefore, it wasspeculated that arresting proliferative cells in G0/G1 may boost theoaHDR-mediated integration. To examine this possibility, cells werearrested in G1 (using Lovastatin or by expressing a G1-phase specificCas9, Cas9-Cdt1) and an increase in oaHDR activity was not observed inG1-phase-specific genome editing, suggesting that G1 arrest does notboost oaHDR-mediated integration (FIGS. 10A-10E).

In contrast, in actively dividing cells, the activity of HITI was oneorder of magnitude higher than for conventional HDR (18.2% vs 1.4% inHEK293 cells; 111.6 vs 11.4 per 10⁶ hESCs), as demonstrated by theknock-in of an mCherry reporter into HEK293 and hES cells (FIGS.11A-11C). Using a SATI construct, therefore, the integration canpredominantly undergo either via the non-canonical one-armed HDR (innon-dividing cells) or via HITI (in active dividing cells), with ahigher efficiency compared with HDR (FIG. 11D).

Example 3: Gene Correction of a Dominant Mutation Using SATI

To show the versatility of the SATI strategy for targeting, SATI wasused to correct a dominant mutation in exon 11 of the Lamin A/C, Lmnagene (c.1827C>T; p.Gly609Gly) using a progeria model mouse. Thismutation results in the production of an abnormal form of Lamin Aprotein called progerin, whose accumulation causes pathological changesin multiple tissues^(19-21.) To correct this dominant mutation, AAV andminicircle vectors were constructed that contained the SATI-mediatedgene-correction donor (AAV-Progeria-SATI and MC-Progeria-SATI,respectively) (FIG. 2A; FIG. 12A). These Progeria-SATI donors containedone 1.9-kb homology arm (including wild-type exon 11, exon 12, and the3′UTR of the Lmna gene) sandwiched by the intron 10 gRNA target sequenceand AAV-Progeria-SATI included the intron 10 gRNA expression cassette.It was hypothesized that both HITI- and oaHDR-mediated targeted geneknock-in would result in production of the wild type Lmna genetranscript (FIG. 2A).

To determine whether gene correction of the c.1827C>T mutation wassuccessful and determine the ratio of oaHDR- and HITI-mediated knock-in,mouse embryonic fibroblast (MEF) and primary neurons were isolated fromprogeria mice (FIG. 12B). Of note, MEFs exhibit low HDR activity, eventhough they are highly proliferative. Progeria-SATI donors weredelivered to these cells by transfection or infection. AAV-Progeria-SATIwas also injected with AAV-Cas9 into the adult brain of progeria mice.Genomic DNA was extracted from the edited progeria cells or braintissue. Since the DNA delivery efficiency is low for these cells andtissue, the corrected sequence was first enriched by cutting with BstXIenzyme, which specifically recognizes the non-corrected allele, and thenanalyzed by Sanger sequencing. Gene-corrected events were observed, andboth oaHDR (80-90%) and HITI (10-20%) were evident in the gene-correctedcells, suggesting that SATI-mediated gene correction has been achievedfor dominant point mutation causing progeria, and that theoaHDR-mediated integration for the SATI donor was predominant in thesecell types (FIG. 2B).

To determine the pathway responsible for oaHDR- and HITI-mediated geneknock-in, wild type primary neurons transfected with the Tubb3-GFPknock-in SATI system (Tubb3int3-SATI donor, Cas9, dual cut gRNA) werestudied together with shRNAs against genes involved in DSB repairpathways (FIG. 13A, FIG. 13B). GFP knock-in efficiency of the SATI donorwas affected by shRNAs targeting DSB repair-related genes including thecanonical NHEJ (cNHEJ) (Ku70, and Ku80), alternative NHEJ (altNHEJ)(Lig3 and Xrcc1) and HDR (Rad50 and Rad51) pathways. Changes in theratio of oaHDR and HITI were examined in progeria MEFs (FIG. 2C). Ku80knockdown eliminated HITI-mediated knock-in. This is consistent with ourprevious results, where it was demonstrated that HITI is a canonicalNHEJ mediated knock-in machinery. In contrast, Lig3 knockdown moderatelyincreased HITI (21.9% from 12.6% in control), suggesting thatalternative end joining (altNHEJ) is involved in oaHDR-mediated geneknock-in. Interestingly, Rad51 knockdown resulted in large deletions,suggesting that Rad51 may stabilize the genomic structure duringSATI-mediated gene modification. These results indicate that geneknock-in by the SATI system is mediated by multiple DSB repair pathways(FIG. 13C).

Example 4: SATI-Mediated Systemic Gene Correction of a Dominant MutationIn Vivo

To test the ability of SATI to correct a dominant mutation in vivo,AAV-Progeria-SATI, was systemically delivered together with an AAVexpressing Cas9, via intravenous (IV) injection into neonatalLmna^(G609G/G609G) progeria mice at postnatal day 1 (P1) (FIG. 2D). TheSATI donor was packaged in serotype 9 AAVs, based on their ability toinfect a wide range of tissues. Genomic PCR and Sanger sequence analysesat day 100 revealed that SATI-mediated targeted gene knock-in occurredin several tissues, including the liver, heart, muscle, kidney, andaorta even though the efficiency varied (FIGS. 14A-14B). The frequencyand sequence of indels was determined at the gRNA target site in intron10, as well as the efficiency of SATI-mediated gene correction (2.06% inthe liver and 0.34% in the heart) using next-generation sequencing (NGS)in several organs at day 100 (FIG. 15A). Of note, to exclude thepossibility that the observed events are due to a PCR artifact, controlprogeria mice were included, which were injected with only donor AAV(labeled as “Pro+donor”) for NGS experiments. It is notable that thegRNA target site was in intron 10 of the Lmna gene, and the size of theindels were small, and not expected to affect the splicing of the Lmnatranscript (FIGS. 15B-15D).

To study off-target effects of SATI in vivo, mutation rates associatedwith the ten highest-ranked off-target sites for the Lmna intron 10 gRNAwere examined. Liver tissues treated with SATI were analyzed via NGS,revealing only minimal indels at computationally predicted off-targetsites (FIG. 15E). Next, potential off-target integration of donor DNAwas examined in the other regions of the genome by 5′RACE and sequencingto identify the upstream sequence of the exon 11 of Lmna mRNAtranscribed from the integrated donor DNA in liver and heart (FIG. 16A).On-target integration was detected at the Lmna locus in the liver andheart of treated progeria mice (FIG. 16B). However, several exons of Alband Myh6 genes were captured in the liver and heart, respectively,suggesting the possibility for the donor DNA to be trapped in theopen-chromatin regions (FIG. 16C, FIG. 16D). Importantly, the expressionlevel of the Alb gene is more than 10,000-fold higher than Lmna gene inliver, suggesting that the trapped donor-derived fusion transcript issignificantly less compared to the wild type endogenous Alb genetranscript, and that this minimal off-target integration should notaffect the tissues, unless the fusion protein initiates tumorigenesis(FIG. 16E).

To evaluate SATI-mediated oaHDR and HITI efficiency in vivo at day 100,˜600 bp was amplified that included the gRNA target sites and thec.1827C>T mutation site and determined the efficiency by paired-endsequencing. It was estimated that the percentage of gene correction was2.07% in the liver and 0.14% in the heart, similar to the above NGSresults (FIGS. 2E, 2F; FIG. 15A). Moreover, oaHDR events were observedin liver and heart analyses by paired-end sequencing after in vivosystemic SATI treatment (FIG. 2G). Although this number may seem low, itis important to note that the gene-corrected cells are still present insome organs even 100 days after treatment and that correction efficiencywas sufficient to elicit SATI-mediated phenotypic rescue in severaltissues and organs (see below).

Example 5: Phenotypic Rescue of Progeroid Syndrome by SATI

Progeria mice typically exhibit progressive weight loss and shortenedlifespan. These phenotypes were delayed by SATI treatment (FIG. 3A; FIG.17A), with a slowdown of progressive weight loss and a median survivaltime was significantly extended by 1.45-fold (untreated and SATI-treatedanimals survived 105 and 152 days in median survival, respectively). TheLmna gene encodes for both Lamin A and Lamin C proteins, theLmna^(G609G/G609G) mutation results in abnormal splicing of just theLamin A transcript (FIG. 2a ). Quantitative RT-PCR analysis of SATItreated progeria mice revealed an increase in wild-type Lamin Atranscript in total Lamin C transcript (˜3.5-fold) and a decrease in theProgerin transcript in total Lamin A transcript (˜5.4-fold) in theliver, heart, and aorta on day 100 (FIG. 3b ).

In 3-month old progeria mice, age-associated pathological changes aretypically observed in multiple organs, including skin, spleen, andkidneys. These aging phenotypes were diminished in 17-week-old progeriamice that received the SATI treatment (FIGS. 3C-3F; FIG. 17B).SATI-treated mice showed increased epidermal thickness, a rescue ofgerminal centers in the spleen, and decreased tubular atrophy in thekidney. Using established tail tip fibroblasts (TTFs) from SATI treatedmice at day 70, a knock-in event and protein levels in these cells weretested but were unable to detect any knock-in by PCR (FIG. 17C).Instead, SATI treatment slightly decreased Progerin/LaminA proteinlevels and partially rescued the nuclear envelope abnormalitiestypically observed in progeria (FIGS. 17D-17F). Progeria mice carry themutant allele (the c.1827C>T; p.Gly609Gly mutation), which is equivalentto the Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) c.1824C>T;p.Gly608Gly mutation in the human LMNA gene. Complications related toatherosclerosis, including cardiovascular problems or stroke, are theeventual causes of death for most patients with HGPS (or progeria).Progeria mice present histological and transcriptional alterationscharacteristic of progeroid symptoms, and reminiscent of the mainclinical manifestations of human HGPS, including shortened life span andcardiovascular aberrations. Therefore, the aorta and heart rate ofprogeria mice were analyzed. SATI treatment increased the number ofnuclei in the smooth muscle layer of the aortic arch, compared withuntreated controls (FIG. 3G). Electrocardiogram (ECG) recordingsrevealed that SATI treatment prevented the progressive development ofbradycardia, which is usually observed in progeria mice (FIG. 3H).

Since almost all patients with HGPS are heterozygous for the samedominant c.1824C>T mutation, heterozygous progeria mice (Lmna^(+/G609G))were also treated with SATI. Median survival of these heterozygous micewas also improved following SATI treatment (untreated and SATI-treatedanimals survived 323 and 403 days in median survival, respectively)(FIG. 3A). Importantly, morphological/histological alterations were notobserved in wild-type mice treated with SATI for over 500 days (FIG.17G), suggesting that the deleterious effects of the observed off-targetintegrations are of little consequence. Collectively, these datademonstrate that SATI can be used to correct dominant mutations in vivoto prevent the development of pathological phenotypes.

Example 6: In Vivo Correction in Adult Tissues Using SATI

Patients with HGPS are diagnosed at a median age of 19 months (range,3.5 months to 4.0 years). Similarly, many other diseases caused bydominant mutations are diagnosed well beyond the neonatal stage. It wasdetermined whether delivering SATI later in life could providetherapeutic benefits. The SATI system was delivered to 10-week oldprogeria mice through local intramuscular (IM) injection. Skeletalmuscle is one of the affected tissues in progeria mice (FIG. 4A). Threeweeks post-injection, the fiber size distribution of the injectedtibialis anterior muscle was improved in SATI-treated progeria mice(FIG. 4B, FIG. 4C). Together with the successful gene knock-in by SATIin the adult post-mitotic mouse brain (FIG. 2B), these results suggestthat local gene repair in specific tissues at juvenile or adult stagescould provide a complementary treatment option for patients withdominant mutations.

Example 7: Materials and Methods Plasmids and Minicircle DNA

To construct gRNA expression vectors, each 20 bp target sequence wassub-cloned into pCAGmCherry-gRNA (Addgene 87110) or gRNA_Cloning Vector(Addgene 41824). The CRISPR-Cas9 target sequences (20 bp target and 3 bpPAM sequence) used in this study are shown as following: Tubb3 intron 3targeting gRNA (int3gRNA-mCherry: GAAGGCTGACCTATTTATCCAGG), gRNA2(GGTCGCCACCATGGTGAGCAAGG), gRNA3 (CAGCTCGACCAGGATGGGCACGG), and Lmnaintron 10 targeting gRNA (Lmna-gRNA-mCherry: CCCATAAGTGTCTAAGATTCAGG).The Scramble-gRNA (mScramblegRNA-mCherry; GCTTAGTTACGCGTGGACGAAGG),gRNA1 (CAGGGTAATCTCGAGAGCTTAGG), and Tubb3 exon4 targeting gRNA(ex4gRNA-mCherry; GCTTAGTTACGCGTGGACGAAGG) expression plasmids have beenpreviously used. hCas9 (Addgene 41815) and tGFP (Addgene 26864) werepurchased from Addgene. The enhanced version of Cas9(pCAG-1BPNLS-Cas9-1BPNLS (Addgene 87108) andpCAG-1BPNLS-Cas9-1BPNLS-2AGFP (Addgene 87109), IRESmCherry-HDR-0c,IRESmCherry-MC and Tubb3ex4-HDR, Tubb3ex4-HITI (pTubb3-MC: Addgene87112). Minicircles (MCs) are double strand DNA devoid of the bacterialbackbone and are shown to enhance the stability of the integratedtransgene. To construct SATI donor for mouse Tubb3 (pMC-Tubb3int3-SATIand pMC-Tubb3int3-scramble), gRNA target sequence and one-side homologyarm including GFP was amplified from pTubb3-HR, then subcloned into ApaI(NEB #R0114S) and SmaI (NEB #R0141S) sites of the minicircle producerplasmid (pMC.BESPX from System Biosciences #MN100B-1) using In-Fusion HDCloning kit (Clontech #639650). To construct HMEJ donor for mouse Tubb3(pTubb3int3-HMEJ), the unnecessary homologous sequence was removed fromthe inserting cassette by inserting a codon optimized exon 4 andnon-translated sequence derived from rat genome. The mouse Tubb3 exon 4was codon optimized and synthesized in IDT. Part of intron 3 includingsplicing acceptor site, 3′UTR and downstream were amplified from ratgenome isolated from Brown Norway rat. Two homology arms (left arm: 1.0kb, right arm: 1.2 kb) were amplified from mouse genomic DNA, thenassembled with the inserting cassette. The assembled fragment wassandwiched by two gRNA target sequences and subcloned into pCAG-floxSTOPplasmid following the above strategy. To construct SATI donor forprogeria gene correction (pMC-progeria-SATI), gRNA target sequence andone side homology arm including c.1827C was amplified from wild typeC57BL/6 mouse genomic DNA, then subcloned into pMC.BESPX following theabove strategy. These parental pre-minicircle DNAs were removed backboneDNA and generated as minicircle DNA vector as described in the previouspaper. To construct NG PAM xCas9 (pCAG-1BPNLS-xCas9-1BPNLS), xCas9 3.7(Addgene 108379) (Addgene plasmid #108379;http://n2t.net/addgene:108379; RRID:Addgene_108379). The xCas9 3.7 wasamplified by PCR, then inserted in pCAG-1BPNLS-Cas9-1BPNLS usingIn-Fusion HD Cloning kit. To construct NG PAM SpCas9-NG(pCAG-1BPNLS-SpCas9NG-1BPNLS), SpCas9-NG were synthesized in IDT, theninserted in pCAG-1BPNLS-Cas9-1BPNLS using In-Fusion HD Cloning kit. Toconstruct cell-cycle specific Cas9, Cdt1 and Geminin were synthesized inIDT, then inserted in pCAG-1BPNLS-Cas9-1BPNLS (Addgene 87108) usingIn-Fusion HD Cloning kit. The generated pCAG-1BPNLS-Cas9-Cdt1 andpCAG-1BPNLS-Cas9-Geminin are G1- or S/G2/M-phase specific Cas9expression plasmid, respectively. To construct nickase Cas9(pCAG-1BPNLS-Cas9D10A-1BPNLS), D10A point mutation was inserted intopCAG-1BPNLS-Cas9-1BPNLS (Addgene 87108) using In-Fusion HD Cloning kit.shRNA expression vectors (pLKO-shRNA) were purchased from Sigma (FIG.13A). For the control, pLKO-shRNA-Scramble was used. To constructdonor/gRNA AAVs for SATI-mediated progeria gene correction, one sidehomology arm including c.1827C was amplified from wild type C57BL/6mouse genomic DNA, then the homology arm was sandwiched by Cas9/gRNAtarget sequence, Lmna intron 10 gRNA expression cassette and mCherryKASHexpression cassettes were subcloned between ITRs of PX552 purchased fromAddgene (Addgene 60958), and generated pAAV-Progeria-SATI. pAAV-nEFCas9(Addgene 87115).

AAV Production

All of AAVs (AAV-progeria-SATI and AAV-nEFCas9) were packaged withserotype 9 and were generated using standard protocols.

Animals

ICR and C57BL/6 were purchased from the Jackson laboratory. The mousemodel of Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) carrying the LmnaG609G (c.1827C>T) mutation (Progeria) was generated by Carlos Lõpez-Otinat the University of Oviedo, Spain. All mice used in this study werefrom mixed gender, mixed strains and age from E12.5 to 17 months andlater.

Primary Culture of Mouse Neurons

Mouse neurons were obtained from the cortex of E14.5 ICR mice brains orP0.5 progeria mice brains. Brain dissection was performed in a coldsolution of 2% glucose in PBS. Then tissue was dissociated with Accutase(Innovative Cell Technologies #AT104), and the suspension wastransferred across a 40 μm cell strainer to get a single cellsuspension. Cells were plated in a ratio of 200,000 cells per each 12 mmpoly-D-lysine coverslip (Neuvitro #H-12-1.5-PDL) with Neurobasal media(Gibco #21103-049) supplemented with 5 mM taurine (Sigma #T8691-25G), 2%B27 (Gibco #17504-044) and 1× GlutaMAX (Gibco #35050-061). Cultures weremaintained on standard conditions (37° C. in humidified 5% CO₂/95% air).Half volume of culture media was replaced every other day. Thedisappearance of the proliferative neuronal progenitors was trackedpresent in the primary culture by 10 μM EdU-pulses every day afterplating (using EdU from kit Invitrogen #C10640). 5 days after culture,the percentage of EdU+ cells was reduced until basal levels, thenexperiments proceed with such post-mitotic cell population for furtherexperiments.

Transfection and AAV Infection of In Vitro Cultured Primary Neurons

For transfection of minicircles or plasmids, CombiMag (OZBiosciences#CM20200) reagent in combination with Lipofectamine 2000 (Invitrogen#P-N52758) was used for transfection of mouse primary neurons accordingmanufacturer's instructions. Plasmids of Cas9, gRNA, and shRNAs weretransfected in a ratio of 1 μg each per 1 mL, while donors at ratio of 2μg per mL of culture media after 5 days in culture. The followingcombinations of donor and gRNA were transfected in primary neuron(single homology arm/chromosome cut: MC-Tubb3int3-scramble andint3gRNA-mCherry; single homology arm/donor cut: MC-Tubb3int3-scrambleand mScramblegRNA-mCherry; single homology arm/donor-chromosome dual cut(SATI): MC-Tubb3int3-SATI and int3gRNA-mCherry; Exon 4 targeting HITI:Tubb3ex4-HITI and ex4gRNA-mCherry; Exon 4 targeting HDR: Tubb3ex4-HDRand ex4gRNA-mCherry); and Intron 3 targeting HMEJ: Tubb3int3-HMEJ. ForAAV infection, the AAV mixtures (AAV9-nEFCas9 [2×10¹¹ genome copy (GC)]and AAV9-Progeria-SATI [2×10¹¹ GC]) were infected into primary culturein 6-well scale after 5 days in culture. Cells were analyzed byfollowing methods after 5 days of transfection or infection.

Immunocytochemistry of Primary Neurons

Fixation performed 15 minutes in 4% paraformaldehyde solution. Blockingand permeabilization for 1 hour at room temperature with 5% Bovine SerumAlbumin (BSA, Sigma #A1470-100) and 0.1% Triton-X100 (EMD #TX1568-1) inPBS. Primary antibodies were diluted in PBS and incubated overnight at4° C. in a wet chamber at the following concentrations [1:1,000]anti-GFP (Ayes #GFP-1020) or [1:250] anti-βIII-tubulin (Sigma#T2200-200UL). Next day, cells were incubated with secondary antibodies:[1:1,000] Alexa-Fluor 488 or 647 (Thermo Fisher, #A11039 and #A21244).Five washing steps with 0.2% of Tween 20 (Fisher #BP337-500) in PBS wereperformed to remove the excess of primary and secondary antibodies aftertheir respective incubation. Then, cells were mounted using DAPI-VectorShield mounting media (Vector #H-1200). To determine the proliferationstatus, EdU was detected by Click-iT EdU kit according manufacturerinstructions (Invitrogen #C10640).

Image Capture and Processing of Primary Neurons

Immunocytochemistry samples of neuronal primary culture were visualizedby confocal microscopy using a Zeiss LSM 710 Laser Scanning ConfocalMicroscope (Zeiss) for detection and quantification of GFP knock-inefficiency. For quantification purposes, the percentage of GFP+ cellswas calculated regarding the total transfected cell mCherry+percoverslip by direct counting. Representative pictures were acquired withAiryscan LSM880 (Zeiss). For imaging purposes, at least five pictureswere obtained from each sample. Our cultures were derived at least from30 different litters, the exact n values are described in each figure.Images were processed by ZEN2 Black edition software (Zeiss), ICYsoftware for bio-imaging version 1.9.5.1(http://icy.bioimageanalysis.org/), and NIH ImageJ (FIJI) softwareaccording the experimental requirements.

Genotyping of Cultured Primary Neuron

To determine GFP knock-in and distinguish between one-armed HDR (oaHDR)and HITI events in the cultured primary neuron, genomic DNA wasextracted using Pico Pure DNA Extraction Kit (Thermo Fisher Scientific#KIT0103) or Blood & Tissue kit (QIAGEN #69506) according manufacturer'sinstructions. The GFP knock-in sequence including gRNA target site wasfirst amplified with PrimeSTAR GXL DNA polymerase (Takara #R050A) withfollowing primers: mTubb3GFP-F1:5′-GCAGAACTCCCAGCACCACAATTTTCAACCATGNNACAGCCCTCATCTGACATCAC AGTCTCAGC-3′and mTubb3GFP-R1:5′-GTTGCTTCTTTAACTTATGTGACTCCAGACAGTTGTTTCCTATGAAGGCTCCGTTTACGTCGCCGTCCAGCTCGACCAG-3′. Then, the PCR product was nested using the followingprimers and 1st PCR product as a template. mTubb3GFP-F2:5′-GCAGAACTCCCAGCACCACAATTTTCAACCATG-3′ and mTubb3GFP-R2:5′-GTTGCTTCTTTAACTTATGTGACTCCAGACAGTTGTTTCCTATGAAGGCT-3′. PCR productswere cloned into the pCR-Blunt II-TOPO vector with Zero Blunt TOPOcloning kit (Invitrogen #450245). Amplicons were sequenced using an ABI3730x1 sequencer (Applied Biosystems) and the ratio of oaHDR and HITIwas determined from the gRNA target sequence. Of note, the NNNNNNNN inthe mTubb3GFP-F1 primer is barcode sequence to distinguish each origin.To avoid an inaccuracy by PCR bias, it was counted as one if the PCRproducts contain same barcode sequence.

Generation and Culture of GFP-Correction HEK293, HeLa and hES Cell Lines

The mutated GFP gene-based reporter system to assess the knock-inefficiency in dividing cells and optimize the SATI method in HEK293 andhES cells were established previously. The mutated GFP gene-basedreporter line in HeLa cell was established by following previously usedprotocols. hES cells were cultured as previously described. HEK293 andHeLa cells were cultured with HEK293 medium containing DMEM (Gibco#11995-040), 10% heat-inactivated Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS, Gibco#16000-044), 1× GlutaMAX, 1× MEM Non-Essential Amino Acids (Gibco#11140-050) and 1× Penicillin Streptomycin (Gibco #15140-122).

Measurement of Targeted Gene Knock-In Efficiency in GFP-CorrectionHEK293, HeLa, and hES Cell Lines

To measure the targeted gene knock-in efficiency of HDR, oaHDR and HITIin GFP-correction HEK293, hES and HeLa cell lines, Lipofectamine 3000(Invitrogen #L3000008) and FuGENE HD (Promega 4E2311) were used fortransfection of HEK293/HeLa-derived cell lines and human ES-derived cellline, respectively. Transfection complexes were prepared following themanufacturer instructions. Cas9 expression plasmid (hCas9 [HEK293 andHeLa cell] or pCAG-1BPNLS-Cas9-1BPNLS [hESCs]), gRNA (gRNA1, gRNA2,and/or gRNA3) and donor DNA (tGFP) were used for transfection. gRNA1 wasused to measure HDR efficiency. Co-transfection of gRNA2 and gRNA3 wasused to measure oaHDR efficiency. gRNA2 or gRNA3 single transfectionswere used as controls to cut only genomic DNA and only DNA donor,respectively. For GFP-correction HEK293 cell line, plasmids of Cas9,gRNA and donor were transfected in a ratio of 1 μg each per reaction for12-well scale. For GFP-correction hES cell line, 0.5 μg of Cas9expression vector, each 0.5 μg of gRNA expression plasmids vector and 1μg of donor vector were co-transfected for 6-well scale. ForGFP-correction HeLa cell line, plasmids of Cas9, gRNA and donor weretransfected in a ratio of 0.5 μg each per reaction for 12-well scale. Tocompare the HDR and HITI efficiency in HEK293 and hESC cells,pCAG-1BPNLS-Cas9-1BPNLS, gRNA1 and donor DNAs (IRESmCherry-HDR-0c orIRESmCherry-MC) were co-transfected. A promoterless IRESmCherryminicircle DNA (IRESmCherry-MC) was used to measure HITI efficiency. Apromoterless IRESmCherry with two-homology arms plasmid(IRESmCherry-HDR-0c) was used to measure HDR efficiency. Theefficiencies of targeted gene knock-in via HDR, oaHDR and HITI weredetermined 6 days after transfection by the number of GFP+ or mCherry+cells by FACS LSR Fortessa (BD) or CytoFLEX S (Beckman coulter). Toarrest G1 phase, 20 μM Lovastatin (Sigma #1370600) was treated in HeLaby following previous studies. To examine the effect of cell-cyclespecific genome editing, pCAG-1BPNLS-Cas9-1BPNLS,pCAG-1BPNLS-xCas9-1BPNLS, pCAG-1BPNLS-SpCas9NG-1BPNLS,pCAG-1BPNLS-Cas9-Cdt1 and pCAG-1BPNLS-Cas9-Geminin were also transfectedin HEK293 or HeLa cells instead of hCas9. Cell cycle was determined bypropidium iodide (PI) (Sigma 4P4170) staining and FACS analysis asfollowing the previous study.

Surveyor Assay

To examine the efficacy of the generated gRNA1, gRNA2 and gRNA3,Surveyor assay was performed in HEK293 cells as described previously.

Establishment and Maintenance of Progeria Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts(MEFs)

Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts (MEFs) were isolated from Progeria(Lmna^(G609G/G609G)) embryos at E12.5 and maintained on standardconditions (37° C. in humidified 5% CO₂/95% air) in DMEM, 10%heat-inactivated FBS, 1× GlutaMAX, 1× MEM Non-Essential Amino Acids and1× Penicillin Streptomycin. Progeria MEFs (passage 5) were transfectedwith pCAG-1BPNLS-Cas9-1BPNLS-2AGFP, pCAGmCherry-Lmna-gRNA,MC-progeria-SATI, and pLKO-shRNAs using Nucleofection P4 Kit (Lonza#V4XP-4024). Two days later, the transfected cells were treated withPuromycin (final 1 μg/mL, Gibco #A11138-03) to select shRNA transfectedcells and harvested the MEFs two days later for genomic DNA extractionusing PicoPure DNA Extraction Kit.

Stereotaxic AAV Injection in the Adult Brain

The 8-week-old Progeria (Lmna^(G609G/G609G)) mice received AAVinjections with 1:1 mixture of AAV9-nEFCas9 (5.33×10¹³ genome copy(GC)/mL) and AAV9-Progeria-SATI (2.26×10¹³ GC/mL). Mice wereanesthetized with 100 mg/kg of ketamine (Putney) and 10 mg/kg ofxylazine (AnaSed Injection) cocktail via intraperitoneal injections andmounted in a stereotaxis (David Kopf Instruments Model 940 series) forsurgery and stereotaxic injections. Virus was injected into the centerof V1, using the following coordinates: 3.4 mm rostral, 2.6 mm lateralrelative to bregma and 0.5-0.7 mm ventral from the pia. 3 μL of AAV wasinjected using a 33 Gauge neuros syringe (Hamilton #65460-06). Toprevent virus backflow, injected needle was left in the brain for 5-10minutes after completion of injection. After injection, skull and skinwere closed, and mice were recovered on a 37° C. warm pad. Mice werehoused for two weeks to allow for gene knock-in. After three weekslater, injected site was harvested and/or extracted the genomic DNA byusing Blood & Tissue kit for following experiment.

Evaluation of oaHDR/HITI Events in Progeria Mice by Sanger Sequence

Genomic DNA is extracted from progeria MEF, primary neuron, and braintissue, respectively. To enrich the corrected sequence, the junctionsite of gene knock-in sequence including gRNA target site was firstamplified with Prime STAR GXL DNA polymerase with following primers:LMNAex11NGS1-F: 5′-TGCATGCTTCTCCTCAGATTTCCCTGCAACAA-3′ andLMNAex11NGS1-R: 5′-GATGAGGGTAAAGCCAAGGCAGCAGGACAAA-3′. Then, the PCRproduct was nested using the following primers and 1st PCR product as atemplate. mLMNAex11-F4: 5′-TCCTCAGATTTCCCTGCAACAATGTTCTCTTTCCTTCCTGT-3′and mLMNAex11-R4: 5′-TGTGACACTGGAGGCAGAAGAGCCAGAGGAGA-3′. Using this PCRproducts, BstXI enzyme (NEB #R0113S) digestion at 37° C. which couldrecognize only uncorrected mutation was performed. Using the BstXIdigested products, the junction site of only gene knock-fined sequenceincluding gRNA target site was amplified with following primers:LMNAenrich2-F: 5′-AACAATGTTCTCTTTCCTTCCTGTCCCC-3′ and LMNA enrich2-R:5′-CAGAAGAGCCAGAGGAGATGGAT-3′. Final PCR products were cloned into thepCR-Blunt II-TOPO vector with Zero Blunt TOPO cloning kit. Ampliconswere sequenced using an ABI 3730x1 sequencer (Applied Biosystems).

Intravenous (IV) AAV Injection for a Gene Delivery of Targeting Vectors

The newborn (P1) Lmna^(G609G/G609G) (Progeria), Lmna (HeterozygousProgeria) and Lmna^(+/+) (WT) mice were used for IV AAV9 injection asfollowing previous report. Briefly, P1 mice were anesthetized and total30 μL of AAV mixtures (AAV9-nEFCas9 (2×10¹¹ genome copy (GC)) andAAV9-Progeria-SATI (2×10¹¹ GC)) was injected via temporal vein using 30G insulin syringe (Simple Diagnostics #SY139319). After injection,bleeding was stopped by applying pressure using a cotton swab and micewere recovered on a 37° C. warm pad.

Genotyping of SATI Correction in the Progeria Tissues

To examine SATI-mediated knock-in event by Sanger sequence, genomic DNAwas extracted using Blood & Tissue kit according manufacturer'sinstructions. The HITI-mediated gene knock-in locus was amplified withPrimeSTAR GXL DNA polymerase with following HITI-specific primers:mLmnaHITI-F1: 5′-CTGCCTTACCTTCTTCCTGCCCTTCCCTAGCCT-3′ and mLmnaHITI-R1:5′-ATGATGGGGGAAATAGCCAGGAAGCCTTCGAAA-3′. For the internal control, Fancagene was amplified with following primers: mFA-3F:5′-CGGCCTTCCACCATTGCAGAC-3′ and mFA-3R: 5′-CCATGATCTCGCTGACAAGGACTG-3′.To determine the efficiency of indels at target site and gene correctionof mutation, Lmna intron 10 gRNA target site was amplified withPrimeSTAR GXL DNA polymerase with following primers: mLmna-F1:5′-TGCATGCTTCTCCTCAGATTTCCCTGCAACAA-3′ and mLmna-R1:5′-GATGAGGGTAAAGCCAAGGCAGCAGGACAAA-3′. PCR products were cloned into thepCR-Blunt II-TOPO vector with Zero Blunt TOPO cloning kit. Ampliconswere sequenced using an ABI 3730x1 sequencer (Applied Biosystems).

Measurement of Gene-Correction Frequency by Targeted Deep Sequencing

To determine gene-correction efficiency, indel efficiency and largedeletion, the relatively large fragment (1. 4 kb) including on-gRNAcutting site and mutation site were amplified using PrimeSTAR GXL DNApolymerase from the indicated organs in AAV infected mice (Progeria(Pro)+donor, AAV-progeria-SATI only; Pro+SATI, AAV-Cas9 andAAV-progeria-SATI) after 100 days injection with following primers:LMNAex11NGS1-F: 5′-TGCATGCTTCTCCTCAGATTTCCCTGCAACAA-3 ‘ andLMNAex11NGS1-R: 5’-GATGAGGGTAAAGCCAAGGCAGCAGGACAAA-3′. For libraryconstruction, 2 μg PCR product was treated with dsDNA fragmentase (NEB#M0348) for 18 minutes, purified by AxyPrep Mag FragmentSelect Kits(Axygen #14-223-160) and then prepared according to the instructions forBGISeq Whole Genome Sequencing library preparation. Sequencing was doneon a BGISeq-500 platform with pair-end 100 (PE100) strategy. Raw datawere filtered by SOAPnuke v1.5.6 using the following criteria: N ratethreshold 0.05, low quality threshold 20, low quality rate 0.2. 10million clean reads of each sample were mapped to house mouse referencesequences (GRCm38.p6) using BWA v 0.7.15 with standard settings. For theediting status, alignment result is counted for the base composition oftarget site c.1827C>T in exon 11. All the insertion and deletion aroundgRNA cutting site was counted. Sequencing data were also analyzed bysplitted-reads methods to detect large deletions. Briefly, reads weresplit to pairwise ends (split-reads) base by base with minimum length of30 bp, and these pairwise ends were aligned to the reference usingBowtie2 v2.2.5 with parameter -k 100. If the pairwise ends from a sameread individually mapped back to the sequences of PCR region, thedistance of the two mapped regions will be calculated and called as adeletion. All the samples went through the pairwise ends analysis, butno large deletion (>42 bp) was found.

Measurement of Off-Target Mutation and the Ratio of oaHDR and HITI byTargeted Deep Sequencing

The on-target site was amplified using PrimeSTAR GXL DNA polymerase fromthe indicated organs in AAV infected mice (Pro+donor, AAV-progeria-SATIonly; Pro+SATI, AAV-Cas9 and AAV-progeria-SATI) after 100 daysinjection. To determine off-target effect, top 10 predicted off-targetsites were also amplified using PrimeSTAR GXL DNA polymerase. Then PCRamplicons were purified using Agencourt AMPure XP (Beckman coulter#A63380) and 2nd round PCR to attach Illumina P5 adapters andsample-specific barcodes. The purified PCR products were pooled at equalratio for single and/or pair-end sequencing using Illumina MiSeq at theZhang laboratory (UCSD). High quality reads (score >23) were analyzedfor insertion and deletion (indel) events and Maximum LikelihoodEstimate (MLE) calculation similar to previously described methods.Briefly, for off-target site analysis, raw reads with an average Phredquality score of 23 were locally aligned to their respective on oroff-target sites. All reads were required to match 85% of the genomicreference region, and also span the entire 20 base-pair target regionsalong with 5 base-pair flanking regions in both directions. Then such 30base-pair regions were analyzed for indels, with the final indel ratecalculated by using maximum likelihood estimate method similar topreviously described methods that correct for background errors.On-target sites were analyzed using a similar approach. High qualityreads were analyzed for insertions and deletions within the gRNA target±5 base-pair by matching the expected surrounding 10 base-pair flankingregions. Correction efficiency was determined using a similar exactmatch approach to determine SNP identity within reads that contained anindel event within the expected target region. As next generationsequencing analysis of indels cannot detect large size deletion andinsertion events, CRISPR-Cas9 targeting efficiency and activity shownabove is underestimated. To distinguish oaHDR and HITI event, thesequence of gRNA target and mutation sites was examined on the same readand separated the read in 6 categories (i.e. no mutation, indels,correction by oaHDR with indels, correction by oaHDR without indels,correction by HITI with indels, correction by HITI without indels andcorrection by undetermined event) based on the sequence feature of gRNAtarget as well as the linkage of gRNA target and mutation sites.

Data Availability of Target Deep Sequencing

Raw Illumina sequencing reads for this study have been deposited in theNational Center for Biotechnology Information Short Read Archive andaccessible through SRA accession number SRP126448. BGISeq-500 sequencingreads for this study have been deposited in the CNGB Nucleotide SequenceArchive (https://db.cngb.org/cnsa/) of CNGBdb with accession codeCNP0000221.

5′-Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends (RACE)-Based Genome-Wide Off-TargetAnalysis

SMARTer RACE 5′/3′ Kit (Takara Bio USA, Inc. #634858) was used forperforming the 5′-rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) according tomanufacturer's instructions. 1 μg total RNA was used for this reaction.Lmna exon 11-specific primers used in this experiment were5′-GATTACGCCAAGCTTCCCACACTGCGGAAGCTTCGAGT-3′ for 1st PCR and5′-GATTACGCCAAGCTTACACTGGAGGCAGAAGAGCCAGAGGAGATGGA-3′ for nested PCR.PCR products were cloned into the In-Fusion HD Cloning Kit. RACEfragments were sequenced using an ABI 3730x1 sequencer (Eton Bioscience,Inc.). The captured exons which are located to upstream of Lmna exon 11were mapped on UCSC mouse genome browser (NCBI37/mm9)(https://genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgGateway?db=mm9). The chromatin andexpression status of the mapped Alb and Myh6 genes loci were analyzedusing H3K27ac ChIPSeq and RNASeq from Encode/LICR and DNase Ihypersensitive sites (DHSs) from Encode/University of Washington. Thesedata were obtained from liver or heart tissues at adult 8-week-old mice.

RNA Analysis

Total RNA was extracted using RNeasy Protect Mini Kit (QIAGEN #74124) orRNeasy Fibrous Tissue Mini Kit (QIAGEN #74704) according tomanufacturer's instructions, followed by cDNA synthesis using Maxima HMinus cDNA Synthesis Master Mix (Thermo Fisher Scientific #M1681).TaqMan or SYBR green Gene Expression Assays was performed with CFX384Real-Time System C1000 Touch Thermal Cycler (Bio-Rad). TaqMan probes(Thermo Fisher Scientific) used in this experiment were Gapdh[Mm99999915_g1], LaminA [Forward primer: 5′-GTGGCAGCTTCGGGGACAAC-3′,Reverse primer: 5′-AGCAGACAGGAGGTGGCATGTG-3′ and Probe:5′-CCCAGGAGGTAGGAGCGGGTGACT-3′], LaminC [Forward primer:5′-GCCTTCGCACCGCTCTCATCAAC-3′, Reverse primer:5′-ATGGAGGTGGGAGAGCTGCCCTAG-3′ and Probe:5′-CACCAGCTTGCGCATGGCCACTTCT-3′] and Progerin [Forward primer:5′-TGAGTACAACCTGCGCTCAC-3′, Reverse primer: 5′-TGGCAGGTCCCAGATTACAT-3′and Probe: 5′-CGGGAGCCCAGAGCTCCCAGAA-3′]. For Alb gene expressionanalysis, SsoAdvanced SYBR Green Super mix (Bio-Rad #1725274) was usedwith following primers [Forward primer: 5′-CTGTCTGCAATCCTGAACCGTGTG-3′and Reverse primer: 5′-AAGCATGGCCGCCTTTCC-3′]. The datasets of theRT-qPCR were first normalized by a housekeeping gene, Gapdh and followedby the ratio of LaminA/LaminC and Progerin/LaminA. Because endogenousexpression level of Lmna gene itself is affected by physiological aging,the same Lmna gene transcripts were compared. After replacement of themutant exon with wildtype exon without affecting the endogenous shortform Lamin C transcript, the ratio of normalized LaminA/LaminC should beincreased with SATI treatment. Similarly, replacement of the mutant exonwith wildtype exon, the ratio of normalized Progerin/LaminA should bedecreased.

Histological Analysis of Mouse Tissues

For hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining, mice were harvested aftertranscardial perfusion using phosphate−buffered saline (PBS (−))followed by 4% paraformaldehyde (PFA, Sigma #P6148). Subsequently, eachorgan was dissected out and post-fixed with 4% PFA at 4° C. and embeddedin paraffin. Paraffin sections were used for H&E staining in thestandard protocol.

Heart Rate Analysis

For analysis of heart rate, mice were anesthetized with 2.5% isoflurane(HENRY SCHEIN #NDC11695-6776-1), and heart rate was monitored usingPower Lab data acquisition instrument with Chat5 for Windows (ADInstruments). Data were processed and analyzed using LabChart 8 (ADInstruments).

Intramuscular (IM) AAV Injection

The 10-week-old Progeria (Lmna^(G609G/G609G))^(m)ice were anesthetizedwith intraperitoneal injection of ketamine (100 mg/kg) and xylazine (10mg/kg). A small portion of the quadriceps muscle was surgically exposedin front of the hind limb. The AAV mixture (Pro-Cas9, AAV-progeria-SATI(1.5×10¹⁰ GC) only; Pro+Cas9, AAV-Cas9 (1.5×10¹⁰ GC) andAAV-progeria-SATI (1.5×10¹⁰ GC)) was injected into the tibialis anterior(TA) muscle using a 29 Gauge insulin syringe. As a control, the samevolume of PBS was injected into wild type B6 TA muscles. Afterinjection, skin was closed, and mice were recovered on a 37° C. warmpad. After three weeks later, injected site was harvested forhistological analysis.

Muscle Fiber Analysis

Three weeks after TA muscle injection, mice were euthanized, and the TAmuscles were dissected and processed for histological analysis. Musclefiber area was manually analyzed using NIH ImageJ (FIJI) software andprocessed by Microsoft Excel. Each 300 muscle fibers are measured foreach muscle.

Establishment of Tail-Tip Fibroblasts (TTFs) and Maintenance

TTFs were isolated from Lmna^(+/+) (WT), Lmna^(G609G/G609G) (Progeria),and AAV-Progeria-SATI treated Lmna^(G609G/G609G) (Progeria+SATI) mice atday 70 and established as previously described. TTFs were maintained at37° C. in DMEM, 10% heat-inactivated FBS, 1× GlutaMAX, 1× MEMNon-Essential Amino Acids and 1× Penicillin-Streptomycin.

Western Blot Analysis of TTFs

Western blotting was performed as previously described. Briefly, proteinsamples were harvested with RIPA buffer from confluent TTFs. Proteinconcentration was measured by Bradford Reagent (Sigma #B6916-500ML).Total 10 μg of protein was loaded on 4%-12% Bis-Tris Gel (Invitrogen#NP0321BOX). Transferred PVDF membranes (EMD Millipore #IPVH00010) wereblocked with 3% skim milk (RPI #M17200) and incubated overnight at 4° C.with primary antibody of anti-laminA/C [1:1,000] (E-1, Santa Cruz#sc-376248). HRP-anti-mouse IgG antibody [1:4,000] (Cell signaling#7076S) were used for secondary antibody. The blots were incubated for 1hour at room temperature and developed by ECL (GE healthcare #RPN2232).For internal control, anti-Actin antibody [1:4000] (Santa Cruz#sc-47778) and HRP-anti-mouse IgG secondary antibody [1:4,000] (Cellsignaling #7076S) were used.

Immunocytochemistry of TTFs

1×10⁴ TTFs (passage 5) were plated onto the coverslip (Fisherbrand#12-545-82 12CIR-1D) in 12-well plate. After 2 days incubation,coverslips were washed two times with PBS (−) and fixed with 4%paraformaldehyde (PFA) at room temperature for 30 minutes, then treatedwith blocking buffer (0.2% TritonX-100 in PBS (−), pH 7.4) for 1 hour atroom temperature, followed by incubation with primary antibodies dilutedin PBS (−) overnight at 4° C. The primary antibodies used in this studywere [1:150] Anti-laminA/C (E-1, Santa Cruz #sc-376248). Sections werewashed three times in PBS (−) and treated with secondary antibodiesconjugated to [1:500] Alexa Fluor 488 goat anti-Mouse (Life technology#11001) with [1:2,000] Hoechst 33342 (Thermo Fisher #H3570) for 30minutes at room temperature. After sequential washing with PBS (−) threetimes, the sections were mounted with ProLong Diamond Antifade Mountant(Invitrogen #P36970).

Image Capture and Processing for TTFs and Tissues

Representative pictures for H&E staining of each tissue were acquiredwith Olympus IX51. Representative pictures for immunocytochemistrysamples of TTFs were acquired with confocal microscopy using a Zeiss LSM710 Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope. At least five pictures wereobtained from each sample. For quantification, the exact n values aredescribed in each figure. Images were processed by ZEN2 Black editionsoftware (Zeiss), and NIH ImageJ (FIJI) software according to theexperimental requirements. Western blotting bands were analyzed by NIHImageJ (FIJI) software.

Statistical Analyses

Average (mean), standard deviation (s.d.), standard error of the mean(s.e.m.) and statistical significance based on unpaired student's t-testfor absolute values using Microsoft Excel or GraphPad Prism version 7.03for Windows (GraphPad Software, www.graphpad.com). One-way ANOVAfollowed by Bonferroni's multiple comparisons test, Tukey's multiplecomparisons test, and log-rank (Mantel-Cox) test were performed usingGraphPad Prism version 7.03 for Windows.

While preferred embodiments of the present invention have been shown anddescribed herein, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art thatsuch embodiments are provided by way of example only. Numerousvariations, changes, and substitutions will now occur to those skilledin the art without departing from the invention. It should be understoodthat various alternatives to the embodiments described herein may beemployed. It is intended that the following claims define the scope ofthe invention and that methods and structures within the scope of theseclaims and their equivalents be covered thereby.

1.-129. (canceled)
 130. A composition comprising (i) a single homologyarm construct comprising a replacement sequence and a targetedendonuclease cleavage site; and (ii) a targeted endonuclease, whereinthe replacement sequence comprises at least one nucleotide differencecompared to a target genome and wherein the target genome comprises asequence homologous to the targeted endonuclease cleavage site.
 131. Thecomposition of claim 130, wherein the targeted endonuclease is a CRISPRnuclease, a TALEN nuclease, a DNA-guided nuclease, a meganuclease, or aZinc Finger Nuclease.
 132. The composition of claim 131, wherein theCRISPR nuclease is Cas9, Cas12a (Cpf1), Cas12b (c2c1), Cas12c (c2c3),Cas12g, Cas12i, Cas14, Cas10, Cas3, CasX, CasY, Csf1, Cas13a (c2c2),Cas13b (c2c6), Cas13c (c2c7), c2c4, c2c5, c2c8, c2c9, c2c10, Cas10, CASTor Tn6677.
 133. The composition of claim 130, further comprising a guideoligonucleotide.
 134. The composition of claim 133, wherein the guideoligonucleotide comprises a nucleotide sequence having at least 90%identity to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 16-23.
 135. The composition of claim130, wherein the replacement sequence comprises a mutation comprising asubstitution, an insertion, an inversion, a translocation, aduplication, or a deletion compared to the target genome.
 136. Thecomposition of claim 130, wherein the replacement sequence comprises atleast a portion of an intron and at least a portion of an exon in a geneof the target genome; or all introns and exons of a gene downstream of amutation in the target genome.
 137. The composition of claim 130,wherein the replacement sequence comprises a sequence having at least90% identity to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 9-15.
 138. The composition ofclaim 130, wherein the single homology arm construct, the guideoligonucleotide, and the targeted endonuclease are encoded in a viral ora non-viral construct, and wherein the viral construct comprises anadeno-associated virus, an adenovirus, a lentivirus, or a retrovirus; orthe non-viral construct is a mini-circle or a plasmid.
 139. Thecomposition of claim 130, wherein the single homology arm constructcomprises a nucleic acid having at least 90% sequence identity to anyone of SEQ ID NOs: 1-7.
 140. The composition of claim 130, furthercomprising a cell.
 141. The composition of claim 130, further comprisinga pharmaceutically acceptable buffer or excipient, or a combinationthereof.
 142. A nucleic acid molecule encoding the single homology armconstruct of claim
 130. 143. The nucleic acid molecule of claim 142,further encoding a guide oligonucleotide, a targeted endonuclease, orboth.
 144. The nucleic acid molecule of claim 142, wherein the nucleicacid molecule is a viral construct or a non-viral construct, and whereinthe viral construct comprises an adeno-associated virus, an adenovirus,a lentivirus, or a retrovirus; or the non-viral construct is amini-circle or a plasmid.
 145. A method of editing a target genome in acell comprising contacting the cell with the composition of claim 130.146. The method of claim 145, wherein the single homology arm constructreplaces at least a portion of the target genome.
 147. The method ofclaim 145, wherein the replacement sequence is integrated into thetarget genome using a homology-directed repair protein.
 148. The methodof claim 145, further comprising contacting the cell with a guideoligonucleotide.
 149. The method of claim 145, wherein the cell is oneor more of a stem cell, a neuron, a skeletal muscle cell, a smoothmuscle cell, a cardiomyocyte, a pancreas beta cell, a lymphocyte, amonocyte, a neutrophil, a T cell, a B cell, a NK cell, a mast cell, aplasma cell, a eosinophil, a basophil, an endothelial cell, anepithelial cell, a hepatocyte, an osteocyte, a platelet, an adipocyte, aretinal cell, a barrier cell, a hormone-secreting cell, a glial cell, aliver lipocyte, a secretory cell, a urinary cell, an extracellularmatrix cell, a nurse cell, an interstitial cell, a spermatocyte, or anoocyte.
 150. The method of claim 145, wherein the cell is contacted invivo or in vitro.
 151. The method of claim 145, wherein the cell is froma subject, and wherein the subject is a human, a non-human primate, adog, a cat, a horse, a cow, a sheep, a pig, a rabbit, a rat, or a mouse.152. The method of claim 151, wherein the subject has a mutation in agene homologous to the replacement sequence.
 153. A method of treating agenetic disease in a subject having a mutation in a gene, the methodcomprising contacting a cell from the subject with the composition ofclaim
 130. 154. The method of claim 153, wherein the replacementsequence comprises a wildtype sequence of the gene.
 155. The method ofclaim 153, wherein the cell is contacted in vivo or in vitro.
 156. Themethod of claim 153, wherein the cell is a non-dividing cell.
 157. Themethod of claim 156, wherein the subject is a human, a non-humanprimate, a dog, a cat, a horse, a cow, a sheep, a pig, a rabbit, a rat,or a mouse.
 158. The method of claim 153, wherein the genetic disease isselected from Achondroplasia, Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency,Alzheimer's disease, Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Autism, AutosomalDominant Polycystic Kidney Disease, Breast cancer, Cancer,Charcot-Marie-Tooth, Colon cancer, Cri du chat, Crohn's Disease, Cysticfibrosis, Dercum Disease, Down Syndrome, Duane Syndrome, DuchenneMuscular Dystrophy, Factor V Leiden Thrombophilia, FamilialHypercholesterolemia, Familial Mediterranean Fever, Fragile X Syndrome,Gaucher Disease, Hemochromatosis, Hemophilia, Holoprosencephaly,Huntington's disease, Klinefelter syndrome, Leber's congenitalamaurosis, Marfan syndrome, Myotonic Dystrophy, Neurofibromatosis,Noonan Syndrome, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Parkinson's disease,Phenylketonuria, Poland Anomaly, Porphyria, Progeria, Prostate Cancer,Retinitis Pigmentosa, Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID), Sicklecell disease, Skin Cancer, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Stargardt disease,Tay-Sachs, Thalassemia, Trimethylaminuria, Turner Syndrome,Velocardiofacial Syndrome, WAGR Syndrome, and Wilson Disease.
 159. Themethod of claim 153, wherein the genetic disease is progeria and whereinthe replacement sequence comprises a nucleic acid having at least 90%sequence identity to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 10, 12, and 13; the guideoligonucleotide comprises a nucleic acid having at least 90% sequenceidentity to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 18-20; or a combination thereof.